Mycoplasma Mucositis: A Case of Extrapulmonary Manifestation of Mycoplasma Pneumoniae.

We report the case of an 18-year-old male patient who presented for the evaluation of bilateral conjunctivitis, blurry vision of the left eye, penile lesions, and dysuria. The patient was admitted to the hospital due to widespread mucosal lesions and signs of disseminated infection. Laboratory studies revealed a leukocytosis of 17.

A Rare Case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in an 80-Year-Old Male.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, rapid and fatal human prion disease that causes neurodegeneration. Rapidly progressive dementia, quick involuntary muscle jerking and specific radiographic and laboratory findings are characteristic of the disease. CJD should not be ruled even if the clinical presentation is outside the common age range.

A polymorphic glucocorticoid receptor in a mouse population may explain inherited altered stress response and increased anxiety-type behaviors.

A polymorphic glucocorticoid receptor (GR(Qn)) with an expanded CAG track and two silent mutations, when compared with the sequence of other isoform (GR(wt)), is found in two outbred mouse lines that were produced by selection for high (SH) or low (SL) stress response from high or low heat loss lines of mice, respectively. The GR(Qn) allele, which is also found in 5 of 16 commonly used inbred mouse lines, had a much higher frequency in SL mice; the GR(wt/wt) was found only in the SH line. Both GR(Qn/Qn) and GR(wt/Qn) mice had a much weaker corticosterone response to stress than the GR(wt/wt) mice.