A Young Diabetic Patient With Sepsis After Gardening.

We report a case of soft tissue infection, sepsis, and bacteremia due to (melioidosis) in a diabetic young patient and the genomic characterization of isolate (COL-5428).

Clinical outcomes in children with adrenal neuroblastoma undergoing open versus laparoscopic adrenalectomy.

Background: Laparoscopic resection of adrenal neuroblastoma has become a common alternative to open surgery. Prior reports have largely focused on short-term operative complications. This study compares long-term oncologic outcomes in children undergoing laparoscopic or open adrenalectomy for neuroblastoma.

The contrast enema for Hirschsprung disease: predictors of a false-positive result.

Purpose: To examine predictors of a false-positive (FP) result on contrast enema (CE) for the diagnosis of Hirschsprung disease (HD).

Methods: Retrospective analysis, over a 5-year period (1999-2004), of infants (<6 months of age) with suspected HD undergoing rectal biopsy following abnormalities identified on CE (transition zone [TZ], abnormal rectosigmoid ratio, microcolon, retained contrast, or mucosal irregularity).

Results: One hundred twenty-nine patients underwent rectal biopsy following an abnormal CE.