Endogenous bacterial endophthalmitis. A report of 2cases.

Clinical Cases: The cases are presented on 2patients with bacterial endogenous endophthalmitis. The first one was caused by Streptococcus bovis, developed after colonoscopy, which had a poor outcome and resulted in evisceration. The second case was caused by a methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus from an arthrodesis complicated with a para-spinal abscess.

[Prognostic factors for disease progression in patients with renal cell carcinoma].

Introduction: More than 40% of patients with renal cell carcinoma present with disease progression after surgery. The objective of the current study was to identify a clinically useful set of prognostic factors that would correlate significantly with the capacity of progression.

Material And Methods: The authors studied 252 patients with renal cell carcinoma who underwent radical nephrectomy.