Tuberculosis of the breast with erythema nodosum: a case report.

Introduction: There has been an increasing number of tuberculosis cases worldwide, but tuberculosis of the breast remains rare. In rare cases this is seen with a cutaneous manifestation of erythema nodosum.

Case Presentation: We report the case of a 33-year-old Chinese woman with tuberculosis of the left breast accompanied by erythema nodosum on the anterior aspect of both lower legs.

African tick bite fever.

Physicians may encounter unfamiliar diseases as a result of international travel. Fever with rash is an important sign that usually represents initial manifestation of infectious disorders. A 62-year-old Taiwanese woman presented with multiple eschars, a papulovesicular rash, and fever 5 days after returning from South Africa.

Non-typhi Salmonella adrenal abscess in an HIV-infected patient.

We report a case of non-typhi Salmonella adrenal abscess in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and thalassaemia minor. Non-typhi Salmonella bacteraemia is common in HIV-infected patients, but infection localized in the adrenal gland is rare. Focal salmonellosis is common in haemoglobinopathy but unusual in thalassaemia minor.

Brain abscess: clinical analysis of 53 cases.

Fifty-three cases of brain abscess were treated at Mackay Memorial Hospital from January 1991 through December 2001. The ages ranged from 2 weeks to 84 years, with a peak at 40 to 50 years (11/53, 21%). The male to female ratio was 1.

Haemophilus aphrophilus brain abscess: a case report.

Haemophilus aphrophilus infection is rare, and the organism is infrequently implicated in serious infection. We report a case of a 61-year-old patient who experienced left hemiparesis with dizziness. Computed tomography of the brain demonstrated a lesion with ring enhancement in the right frontotemporal region.