Brucella arthritis in adults: report on forty eight patients

Awareness of the presence of brucellosis and its musculoskeletal manifestations has grown in Kuwait over the past 10 years. In this prospective study, 48 patients with Brucella arthritis were followed up for a period of 2 years or more. Treatment with a combination of tetracycline and streptomycin resulted in prompt recovery. Relapses occurred in 2 patients, but they recovered on being given a second course of treatment

Recurrent salmonella meningitis in a two-month old infant

Bacterial meningitis caused by Salmonella is rare and has a high fatality rate with about 75% of the reported cases below 2 years in age and a peak incidence below 3 months. We report here a case with two recurrences after therapy