Household transmission of non-toxigenic diphtheria toxin gene-bearing following a cluster of cutaneous cases in a specialist outpatient setting.

Combination of PCR and Elek testing to identify toxigenic corynebacteria has revealed organisms described as non-toxigenic toxin-gene bearing (NTTB) or (i.e. PCR positive; Elek negative).

A rare case of Salmonella Paratyphi C osteomyelitis: A genetic analysis and review of Salmonella osteomyelitis in England.

Salmonella osteomyelitis is rare in patients without sickling hemoglobinopathies. Invasive disease caused by Salmonella Paratyphi C is rarer still with only one case reported in the United Kingdom in the last 15 years. We report a case of relapsing S.

Ophthalmomyiasis externa caused by .

This report describes the case of a woman in her early 20s who presented with a 3-day history of mobile foreign bodies and watering from her right eye. She had recently returned from vacation on a Greek island and presented to an ophthalmology unit in London, UK. A sample taken demonstrated infestation and confirmed the diagnosis of ophthalmomyiasis externa.

Pattern of culture-proven neonatal sepsis in a district general hospital in the United Kingdom.

Objective: To determine the incidence, clinical characteristics, and risk factors associated with the first culture-proven episode of sepsis among neonates in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Setting: Level-II NICU in the United Kingdom.

Patients: Neonates with their first culture-proven sepsis between January 1, 1996, and December 31, 2000.