Single-dose quinolone treatment in acute gastroenteritis.

Background: Acute diarrhea is a common disease worldwide and in Israel, a Mediterranean country. Acute bacterial gastroenteritis (ABGE) is the leading cause of severe diarrhea in Israel in summer and early autumn. Although there are some reports showing some benefit from empiric antibiotic therapy in acute gastroenteritis, most are old reports using nondefinitive diagnostic criteria and using 5-day antibiotic regimens.

Readmissions to hospital within 30 days of discharge from the internal medicine wards in southern Israel.

Introduction: Hospital readmission within a short time of discharge is a common phenomenon in internal medicine. Although there are a few reports of intensive care and surgical readmission rates there is almost no information available on the readmission rates of internal medicine patients.

Aims: To explore the medical patient readmission rate within 30 days of discharge from a medical center in southern Israel, and determine how it may be related to age, gender, diagnoses and other factors.

Multiple-vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism after pacemaker implantation treated by thrombolysis.

This report describes a patient who suffered multiple-vein thrombosis following permanent pacemaker implantation and developed a pulmonary embolism while on anticoagulation treatment, which was successfully treated by thrombolytic therapy.