Mycetoma of the sole.

We report a case of mycetoma of the sole of the foot in a 10-year-old caused by Nocardia brasiliensis. It was treated successfully with a combination of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, dapsone and rifampicin.

New method of inguinal hernia repair: a new solution.

Background: A new technique to strengthen the posterior wall of the inguinal canal in all types of inguinal hernias is described. This method of repair is done without mesh and has been developed because mesh is not easily available in rural or remote parts of many countries.

Methods: After excision of the sac, a strip of the external oblique aponeurosis (EOA) is partially separated from its medial leaf, keeping its continuity intact at either end.

Neonatal myiasis.

This case involves an orphan female neonate-abandoned in a dustbin in Poona, India-who was infected by the larval forms of the blowfly. The blowfly causing this infestation belonged to the family Calliphoridae and genus Calliphora. The fly of this genus is of importance in Indian veterinary science and is found abundantly around decaying matter in Poona.

MANAGEMENT OF LUNG ABSCESS WITH PERCUTANEOUS CATHETER DRAINAGE.

Percutaneous catheter drainage was used to treat 12 among 34 cases of lung abscesses, who were refractory to medical therapy, severely ill and high risk cases for surgery. A complete clinical and radiological recovery was achieved in all the cases who underwent catheter drainage, thereby obviating the need for surgery. None of the cases had catheter or procedures related complications.

Wax therapy for dry feet in leprosy.

A comparative study of the effect of wax therapy and foot soaks on dry plantar skin was conducted in patients with leprosy. Thirty patients with varying grades of fissures and callosities were given wax therapy for feet, and 20 similar patients were given foot soaks. Patients given wax therapy felt subjectively much better than those who had soaking.

Major enteropathogenic bacteria isolated from diarrheal patients in Bolivia: A hospital-based study.

A total of 1,234 fecal samples from diarrhea cases were examined for etiological bacterial agents at medical facilities in La Paz and Sucre, Bolivia. Eighty strains of Shigella spp., 39 strains of Salmonella spp.

Anti-idiotype antibodies and circulating immune complexes after immunisation with tetanus-toxoid.

Objectives: To determine if anti-idiotype antibodies and circulating immune complexes in individuals before and after immunisation with tetanus toxoid play a role in the immune response.

Design: A study of individuals who were administered a single dose of tetanus toxoid (TT) and who were unimmunized.

Setting: Out patient departments of a large public hospital in Bombay, India.

Salmonella poona infection and surveillance in a neonatal nursery.

Background: This article reports the first known outbreak of Salmonella poona infection in a neonatal unit. Three babies had stool cultures positive for the organism. At the same time, S.

Pathophysiology and treatment of spasticity: report of two cases.

Two patients who had severe spinal spasticity with painful flexor spasms were treated with oral baclofen with relief of symptoms. The various drugs to treat severe spastic weakness and flexor spasms and their mode of action are briefly discussed.

Salmonella-induced enteritis. Clinical, serotypes and treatment.

Salmonella-induced enteritis is a widespread cause of morbidity and mortality especially in developing countries. The frequency of different Salmonella serotypes in different areas varies according to time and locality. The prevalence of different Salmonella serotypes in Yanbu area was studied in 136 stool cultures from patients admitted with gastroenteritis, to the medical ward of Royal Commission Hospital in the period 1/6/1991 to 30/10/1991.

Multiple sclerosis is prevalent in the Zoroastrians (Parsis) of India.

Using Schumacher's classification, we determined the prevalence rate of clinically definite multiple sclerosis (MS) in the distinct but tiny Zoroastrian (largely Parsi) community in the adjacent cities of Bombay (latitude, 18.55 degrees) and Poona (Pune). On prevalence day, 16 clinically definite cases of MS were counted, 14 in Bombay and 2 in Poona, from a total Zoroastrian population of 50,053 and 3,399, respectively.

[Outbreak of Salmonella poona (G group) infection resistant to high concentrations of ampicillin, chloramphenicol, and other antimicrobial agents].

An epidemic that occurred at the Hospital Infantil de México is reported. Salmonella poona (roup G) was isolated in 154 patients: 122 in stool cultures, 23 in blood cultures and 9 in meningitis; out of the latter, 6 were newborns under 2 months of age. The strain showed resistance to several antibiotics: ampicillin, chloramphenicol, gentamicin, kanamycin, tetracycline, carbenicillin, cephalosporine, streptomycin and sulfonamides.