peritonitis after oocyte donation.

We report the case of a young, immunocompetent, non-pregnant woman diagnosed with acute abdomen 3 weeks after an ultrasound-guided transvaginal oocyte retrieval (TVOR). Peritoneal fluid, obtained during exploratory laparoscopy, yielded as the sole pathogen. The patient's symptoms and signs improved after 24-hour treatment with intravenous clindamycin, ampicillin and gentamycin.

Listeria monocytogenes infections: Analysis of 41 patients.

Objective: We describe and analyze Listeria-related demographics and clinical features to determine the predisposing conditions for severe infections.

Methods: We performed a retrospective study using positive isolation of Listeria monocytogenes from blood, cerebrospinal fluid, and other organic fluids. Electronic health records were used to determine the epidemiological and clinical features of infections caused by L.

[Accuracy of Etest method to study Campylobacter spp. susceptibility to erythromycin, ciprofloxacin and tetracycline].

Introduction: In industrialized countries Campylobacter jejuni is the enteropathogen most frequently isolated from the feces of patients with gastroenteritis. The Etest accuracy to categorize Campylobacter spp. susceptibility to erythromycin, ciprofloxacin and tetracycline was evaluated.

Prosthetic hip infection due to Brucella melitensis: case report and literature review.

Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) due to Brucella spp. is extremely rare. We report the case of a prosthetic hip infection due to Brucella melitensis in a 51-year-old male patient.

[Extraintestinal infection due to Aeromonas spp.: review of 38 cases].

Introduction: Aeromonas spp. typically cause gastroenteritis, but can occasionally produce extraintestinal infections. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical and microbiological characteristics of extraintestinal infections caused by Aeromonas spp.

Cutaneous infection due to Bacillus pumilus: report of 3 cases.

Human infection due to Bacillus pumilus is exceptional. We report 3 cases of cutaneous infection caused by B. pumilus that occurred in 3 shepherds, 2 of whom were members of the same family.

Acute meningitis due to Brucella spp.

Brucella spp. should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute meningitis of children living in areas where brucellosis is endemic.