Mitomycin-C-Induced TTP/HUS Treated Successfully with Rituximab: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Gunjan Shah, Hanah Yamin, Hedy Smith

“…Etiologies can include medications, infections, cancers, or transplantation. We present a patient with a history of rectal cancer treated with mitomycin-C who developed MAHA, acute kidney injury, and thrombocytopenia 6 months after completing therapy and to did not respond the plasmapheresis or steroids. …”
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Deep Parotid Lobe Abscess Presenting with Dysphagia and Trismus by Madison Grinnell, Andrew Logeman, Timothy Knudsen, Zafar Sayed

“…Computed tomography scan revealed an infected deep parotid lobe sialocele which was surgically drained transorally and treated expectantly with antibiotics.…”
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Groundnut Ringspot Virus in Florida by Eugene McAvoy, Scott Adkins, Craig Webster, Charles Mellinger, Loren Horsman, Galen Frantz, Stuart Reitz, Shouan Zhang

“… Groundnut ringspot virus was recently identified in tomatoes in South Florida — the first report in the United States. It can infect tomato plants at all stages of growth and lead to unmarketable fruits or plant death. …”
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Extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii lung abscess and empyema in a patient with fulminant mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia by Siyu Yang, Chaojie Wei

“…Acinetobacter baumannii is a pathogen that typically causes nosocomial infections. Its resistance to multiple antibiotics poses significant challenges for treatment. …”
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Lernaea (Anchorworm) Infestations in Fish by Natalie Steckler, Roy P. Yanong

“…Lernaea species, commonly known as “anchorworms,” are crustacean, copepod parasites that can infect and cause disease and mortality in many types of freshwater fishes, especially wild-caught and pond-raised species. …”
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Cyphellophora sp. Isolated from a Corneal Ulcer in the Human Eye by Satheitra Rajandran, Kursiah Mohd Razali, Mushawiahti Mustapha, Prem Ananth Palaniappan, Fairuz Amran

“…In humans, it is known to cause superficial skin and nail infections. This report highlights the case of a patient who initially presented with a small corneal abrasion which rapidly progressed into a corneal ulcer after the patient did not respond to the initial conventional treatment. …”
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Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia—Not Otherwise Specified (NOS) in the Background of a Large Cell Lymphoma by Wilson I. Gonsalves, Rong He, Animesh Pardanani, Vinay Gupta, Jacob P. Smeltzer, Curtis A. Hanson, Thomas E. Witzig

“…Most eosinophilia tends to be due to secondary causes such as infections, hypersensitivity conditions, drug reactions, and connective tissue disorders. …”
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Scouting for Citrus Greening by Jamie D. Yates, Stephen H. Futch, Timothy M. Spann

“…Spann, describes when to scout; different methods of scouting and their applications; symptoms of greening and how to distinguish these symptoms from those of other diseases/disorders; and what to do when a greening-infected tree is identified. Includes additional information. …”
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Scouting for Citrus Greening by Jamie D. Yates, Stephen H. Futch, Timothy M. Spann

“…Spann, describes when to scout; different methods of scouting and their applications; symptoms of greening and how to distinguish these symptoms from those of other diseases/disorders; and what to do when a greening-infected tree is identified. Includes additional information. …”
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A Case of Ignatzschineria indica Bacteremia following Maggot Colonization by Hugh Muse, Rachel L. Jenkins, Meredith B. Oliver, Soomin Kim, Richard L. Grantier, Bharat K. Malhotra, Jason J. Parham, Kayla R. Stover

“…We present a case of I. indica bacteremia and polymicrobial osteomyelitis resulting from infected decubitus ulcers. The patient improved after treatment with cefepime followed by levofloxacin.…”
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Susceptibility of Clinical Moraxella catarrhalis Isolates in British Columbia to Six Empirically Prescribed Antibiotic Agents by Tamara Bandet, Sue Whitehead, Edith Blondel-Hill, Ken Wagner, Naowarat Cheeptham

“…BACKGROUND: Moraxella catarrhalis is a commensal organism of the respiratory tract that has emerged as an important pathogen for a variety of upper and lower respiratory tract infections including otitis media and acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis. …”
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Analysis of highly dangerous and economically important animal disease situation in CIS countries in 2013-2015 by D. A. Lozovoy

“…Their territories remain infected with highly dangerous animal diseases such as rabies, African swine fever, sheep and goat pox, foot-and-mouth disease, anthrax, etc.…”
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Nonodontogenic Cervical Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Sialadenitis by Alper Yenigun, Bayram Veyseller, Omer Vural, Orhan Ozturan

“…Necrotizing fasciitis is occasionally located in the head and neck region and develops after odontogenic infections. Factors affecting treatment success rates are early diagnosis, appropriate antibiotic treatment, and surgical debridement. …”
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A Giant Pseudoaneurysm of the Forearm as Unusual Complication of Bacterial Endocarditis by Michele Arcopinto, Teresa Russo, Antonio Ruvolo, Antonio Cittadini, Luigi Saccà, Raffaele Napoli

“…This is the first case reporting rupture of the radial artery as a complication of infective endocarditis.…”
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Existence of Traveling Wave Solutions for Cholera Model by Tianran Zhang, Qingming Gou, Xiaoli Wang

“…The two transmission incidences are supposed to be saturated with infective density and pathogen density. The basic reproduction number R0 is defined and the formula for minimal wave speed c* is given. …”
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Parameter Estimation on a Stochastic SIR Model with Media Coverage by Changguo Li, Yongzhen Pei, Meixia Zhu, Yue Deng

“…Media coverage reduces the transmission rate from infective to susceptible individuals and is reflected by suitable nonlinear functions in mathematical modeling of the disease. …”
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Huge Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm by Aiman M Hammad, Sultan M Al-Qahtani, Mohammed A Al-Zahrani

“…PAAs are caused mostly by trauma (often iatrogenic), infections and Behcet’s disease (BD). Less common causes are pulmonary hypertension, congenital heart disease and neoplasm. …”
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Citrus Diseases Exotic to Florida: Satsuma Dwarf by Kuang-Ren Chung, Ronald H. Brlansky

“…Satsuma dwarf has also been reported in mandarin-growing areas in China, Korea, and Turkey, where it was likely introduced through importation of infected budwood from Japan. This 2-page fact sheet was written by K.…”
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Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Artificial Neural Networks Applied to Differentiate Escherichia coli papG+/papG- Strains by Łukasz Lechowicz, Wioletta Adamus-Białek, Wiesław Kaca

“…Fimbriae are an important pathogenic factor of Escherichia coli during development of urinary tract infections. Here, we describe a new method for identification of Escherichia coli papG+ from papG- strains using the attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared Spectroscopy (ATR FT-IR). …”
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Citrus Diseases Exotic to Florida: Satsuma Dwarf by Kuang-Ren Chung, Ronald H. Brlansky

“…Satsuma dwarf has also been reported in mandarin-growing areas in China, Korea, and Turkey, where it was likely introduced through importation of infected budwood from Japan. This 2-page fact sheet was written by K.…”
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