A rare case of ventriculoperitoneal shunt co-infection with and organisms.

Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt infections are associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality from complications such as meningitis, ventriculitis, shunt malfunction and in some cases, recurrence of infection. and are gram positive organisms that are rarely implicated in VP shunt infections but are more commonly associated with colonization of dialysis and central venous catheters. Typical microbiological isolates in VP shunt infections include , and gram-negative rods.

[Tuberculoma complicating tuberculous meningitis: description of one paediatric case].

Intracranial tuberculoma is a possible complication of meningeal, miliary or pulmonary tuberculosis. In developing countries it represents 30% of space-occupying intracranial lesions, in industrialised countries only 0.1-0.

AIDS prevention campaigns: what lessons can be learned?

The purpose of this article is to examine preventive programs which may help to reduce the rising number of HIV infected individuals. Behavioral theories were taken into consideration from which stimulate behavioral changes. To measure the effectiveness of the behavioral theories, different evaluation methods were analysed.

Human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor supports the clonogenic growth of B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemias expressing myeloid antigens.

The effects of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), interleukin (IL)-3 and IL-6 on clonogenic growth of blast-cell progenitors from 19 immunologically defined CD10-positive B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemias (ALL) coexpressing (My+ALLs) or not (My-ALLs) myeloid antigens have been studied. Our results demonstrate that GM-CSF was able to support the clonogenic growth of blast cells from My+ALLs, being totally ineffective on My-All samples. Accordingly, both alpha and beta chains of GM-CSF receptor (R) were expressed by My+ALL blasts, as investigated by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).