Clostridium perfringens meningitis, Plesiomonas shigelloides sepsis: A lethal combination.

Background: Anaerobic bacterial meningitis is rare. It is extremely unusual without a portal of entry as most cases reported have been associated with trauma or neurosurgery.

Case Report: We describe this rare case of clostridium meningitis and plesiomonas sepsis in an immunocompetent adult.

Anxiety and depressive disorders in patients presenting with chest pain to the emergency department: a comparison between cardiac and non-cardiac origin.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of anxiety and depressive disorders in patients presenting with chest pain to the Emergency Department (ED) and determine if there is a relationship between these and cardiac vs. non-cardiac chest pain.

Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study was performed in an urban tertiary care hospital between March and October 2005.