Diffuse cutaneous mastocytosis mimicking staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome: report of three cases.

Three cases of diffuse cutaneous mastocytosis (DCM) were at first incorrectly diagnosed as staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome. In the first patient, at age 1 day the disease was recognized promptly by simple techniques such as Darier's sign and Tzanck smear. Much delay in making the diagnosis occurred in the other two patients, however: almost 1 year and 15 years, respectively.

Susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from Jakarta, Indonesia, to antibiotics.

The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of penicillin, tetracycline and spectinomycin was determined for 6 beta-lactamase (PPNG) and 73 non beta-lactamase producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from Jakarta, Indonesia. All PPNG were resistant to greater than or equal to 128 micrograms/ml penicillin. Forty-six percent of the non-PPNG strains were inhibited by less than or equal to 1.

Neisseria gonorrhoeae and penicillinase producing N. gonorrhoeae among some patients in Jakarta Indonesia.

Neisseria gonorrhoeae was isolated from 14 out of 50 (28%) of one group and 35 out of 60 (58%) of a second group of females in different areas of Jakarta, Indonesia. four (7%) of the patients in the second group were infected with penicillinase producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae (PPNG). This may be the first reported isolation of PPNG in Indonesia.