Multilocus sequence typing and evolutionary relationships among the causative agents of melioidosis and glanders, Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei.

A collection of 147 isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei, B. mallei, and B. thailandensis was characterized by multilocus sequence typing (MLST).

[Systemic inflammatory response syndrome and primary of spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage].

Objective: Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) without infection is a well known phenomenon that accompanies various acute cerebral insults. We in tented to determine whether SIRS was associated with outcome in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.

Patients And Methods: In patients with intracerebral hemorrhage, the occurrence of SIRS was assessed according to the guidelines of the 1992 Consensus Conference.

[Acute post-partum infarct of the myocardium secondary to a spontaneous dissection of the coronary artery].

A 38 year-old woman had an anterolateral wall myocardial infarction and acute left ventricular failure 11 days after a cesarean section. Coronary angiography performed 14 days later because of recurrent angina disclosed dissection of the left main coronary artery. She subsequently underwent aorto coronary bypass surgery uneventfully.

[Constrictive pericarditis: diagnostic aspects and surgical results in 23 cases].

We reviewed the clinical data on 23 patients operated on for constrictive pericarditis. Mean age was 35 years and 17 were males. The chief complaint was dyspnea (87%).