November 2009

Absent uvula and thrombocytopenia in an African infant with job’s syndrome: Case report and review of literature

Job’s syndrome, a subset of the Hyper-immunoglobulin E (IgE) recurrent Infection Syndrome (HIES), is a rare primary immunodeficiency disorder characterized by a classic clinical triad of recurrent staphylococcal abscesses, recurrent cyst-forming pneumonia, and markedly elevated serum IgE level. To date, slightly more than 200 cases have been published worldwide. Here we review HIES and report one case of...

Author(s): James Chipeta, Jackie Banda, Mbinga Mbinga and Somwe Wa-Somwe

November 2009

Prevalence of SCCmec types in methicillin resistant Staphylococcus intermedius in healthy pets from Southeastern United States

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin resistantStaphylococcus intermedius (MRSI) are both major causes of skin and wound infections in humans and domesticated animal populations respectively. In order to investigate the colonization rates in pets, nose, mouth, or skin swabs were taken from 74 healthy pets (61 dogs and 13 cats) in south Louisiana, USA.Staphylococci were...

Author(s): Tessie Rachal, Kasey Leonard, Lauren Martinez, Jenny Gonzales Breaux, Angela Corbin and Rajkumar Nathaniel