Pneumonia due to Candida krusei.

A case of post-transplantation pneumonia due to Candida krusei is reported. A 42-year-old man was admitted 28 days after heart transplantation with cough, pleuritic pain and fever. A chest computed tomograph showed multiple alveolar infiltrates bilaterally.

Conservative management of PID.

The goals in the management of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) are not only treatment of the infection and prevention of immediate complications, but also prevention of its long-term consequences. There are criteria for hospitalization, but patients who do not meet them can be safely treated as outpatients. A variety of sexually transmitted and other microorganisms can cause this infection, but the most important are Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

The Athens stroke registry: results of a five-year hospital-based study.

The advent and wide application of new technology, especially noninvasive techniques, has enabled physicians to more completely investigate and clarify the etiopathogenic mechanisms of stroke. Such data have not been available until recently for Southeastern Europe. In addition, during the last decades, strategies for the modification of risk factors and primary prevention may have changed the prevalence of each subgroup of stroke as well.