Efficacy of tigecycline and vancomycin in experimental catheter-related Staphylococcus epidermidis infection: microbiological and electron microscopic analysis of biofilm.

Central venous catheters are frequently used. The commonest cause of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) is coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) associated with adherent biofilm. Tigecycline, a derivative of tetracycline, acts against strains producing biofilm.

Rabies in Turkey: three human cases illustrating the importance of suspecting exposure.

Rabies, a fatal encephalitis of viral origin, is still a major health problem in the developing world. It begins, after exposure, with centripetal spread of the virus through peripheral nerves to the central nervous system. The virus proliferates there and spreads to the tissues via peripheral nerves.

Non-ruptured hydatid cyst can lead to death by spread of cyst content into bloodstream: an autopsy case.

Hydatid disease is a parasitic infestation caused by a tapeworm of the genus Echinococcus, and it is common in Mediterranean regions. Cystic lesions cause symptoms via compressing adjacent organs or may be totally silent. Morbidity is usually secondary to free rupture of the echinococcal cyst with or without anaphylaxis, infection of the cyst or dysfunction of affected organs.