Micrococcus luteus: a putative cause of hepatic abscess?

Micrococcus luteus was repeatedly isolated in blood cultures during a prolonged feverish syndrome in a patient who presented with multiple hepatic abscesses as well. In contrast to the literature, this case is not related to prosthetic devices; an untreated limb wound may have been the site of microbial entry.

Recovery of carbimazole-induced agranulocytosis following recombinant granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (rhGM-CSF) administration.

A 56 year old female patient treated with carbimazole for hyperthyroidism developed agranulocytosis complicated by pneumonia. She was treated by sc administration of 6 micrograms/kg rhGM-CSF for 10 days. The first neutrophils appeared in the peripheral blood on the 4th day and normal numbers are reached on the 7th day of treatment.