exudates and Skin-Diseases--Bacterial

This retrospective study aimed to describe clinical manifestations, diagnostic options, radiological features, therapeutic plans and outcomes for cats infected with. Forty cats aged between 2 months and 11 years old (median 6 months) that were definitively diagnosed with rhodococcosis between 2012 and 2018 were recruited in this study. Medical records were reviewed for information on signalment, history, clinical presentation, diagnostic testing, treatment plans and clinical outcomes.. Of the 40 cats, 36 showed the pulmonary form of the disease, with 35 (87.5%) presenting with dyspnoea, while four cats presented with only cutaneous lesions. Mean body temperature was 38.7 ± 0.2. Clinicians should be aware that feline rhodococcosis manifests as a pulmonary disease at a much higher rate than previously reported. Further studies are required to address the epidemiology, pathophysiology, disease management and prognosis of feline rhodococcosis. The role of immunosuppression as a predisposing factor in feline rhodococcosis requires further investigation.

Topics: Actinomycetales Infections; Animals; Cat Diseases; Cats; Female; Lung Diseases; Malaysia; Male; Retrospective Studies; Rhodococcus equi; Skin Diseases, Bacterial

Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome is a serious health problem in developed and developing countries. We here report a case of severe protracted disease after a minor skin infection in a young traveler returning from West Malaysia which was caused by an unusual emm-type strain harboring speG and smeZ superantigen genes.

Topics: Adult; Antigens, Bacterial; Female; Foot; Germany; Humans; Malaysia; Shock, Septic; Skin Diseases, Bacterial; Streptococcal Infections; Streptococcus pyogenes; Superantigens; Travel

A retrospective review of patients with focal non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) infection was performed to determine its features and outcome. All patients with focal NTS infection admitted to the University of Malaya Medical Center, Malaysia, from 1993 to 2002 were studied. More than half (58%) of the 35 cases (54% male, median age 39 years, range 1.5 months to 79 years) were immunocompromized or had chronic medical conditions. One-third of the patients (34%) had superficial infections (lymphadenitis or subcutaneous tissue infection) and all recovered with antimicrobial therapy alone. Deep infections (66%) noted were: meningitis (9%), osteomyelitis or arthritis (26%), abscesses of the gastrointestinal tract or adjacent organs (20%), and others (11%). Deep infections were more likely to occur in the extremes of age (<6 months or >60 years, p< 0.04), associated with adverse outcomes with an overall mortality rate of 9%, or required major surgery (15%).

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Central Nervous System Infections; Child; Child, Preschool; Chronic Disease; Comorbidity; Female; Focal Infection; Gastroenteritis; Hospitalization; Humans; Infant; Lymphadenitis; Malaysia; Male; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Salmonella; Salmonella Infections; Skin Diseases, Bacterial; Treatment Outcome