Probable Vertical Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

Background: To date, although neonatal infections with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronovirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been described, none of these have been proven to be the result of vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

Methods: We describe the probable vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a neonate born to a mother with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Results: Following cesarean section, the neonate was kept in strict isolation.

Infective endocarditis due to : a rare association between genital infection and endocarditis of the tricuspid valve.

is an anaerobic gram-positive organism associated with genitourinary infections. Bacteraemia is rare, with only two cases reported in the literature. This case describes an 18-year-old type 1 diabetic, presenting with sepsis and haemoptysis, on a background of poor dental hygiene and recurrent hospital admissions.

Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome secondary to antituberculosis drugs and associated with human herpes virus-7 (HHV-7).

Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is a serious reaction to drugs with a clinical presentation of rash, fever, lymph node enlargement and internal organ involvement. Reports have described the reactivation of human herpes virus 6 (HHV-6) and other HHVs in association with this syndrome. We report a 41-year-old woman who developed a rash, fever, liver dysfunction, eosinophilia and atypical monocytosis 21 days after initiation of the quadruple therapy for tuberculous cervical lymphadnitis.

Soluble P-selectin is a marker of plaque destabilization in unstable angina.

Unstable coronary syndromes usually involve platelet activation and thrombus formation at the site of atherosclerotic plaque. P-selectin in platelets and endothelial cells mediates adhesive interaction with leucocytes to form thrombi. The aim of this study was to asses the level of soluble P-selectin (CD62P) as a non invasive marker of coronary plaque destabilization in unstable angina (U.