Penicillin resistant streptococcus pneumoniae in a Jamaican patient with homozygous sickle cell disease

Penicillin prophylaxis against infection by Streptococcus pneumoniae is now routine in young children with homozygous sickle-cell (SS) disease and the emergence of penicillin-resistant strains is a serious clinical concern. The first death associated with such resistance in a Jamaican child with SS disease is reported

Pulmonary nocardiosis in a patient with human immunnodeficiency virus disease

Nocardiosis is an uncommon disease which occurs most often in patients with impaired cellular immunity, yet is rarely reported in patients with human immunodeficiency virus disease. We present the first case of Nocardiosis seen at the University Hospital of the West Indies, occurring in a well-controlled diabetic with human immunodeficiency virus disease.