[Aeromonas hydrophila pneumonia associated with a traffic accident. Report of a case]. / Neumonía por aeromonas hydrophila asociada a un accidente de tránsito. Reporte de un caso.

The case of a patient who was driving a car after getting drunk is presented. His car turned over and he fell into an irrigation canal, and, as a result, he suffered from an incomplete drowning syndrome. He was admitted in the Intensive Care Unit with acute inflammatory pneumonia and a strain of Aeromonas hydrophila was isolated in blood. The patient's evolution was favorable. It is the first report on a case like this in our country.

[Septicemia due to Shigella. A case report and review of the literature]. / Septicemia por Shigella. Presentación de un caso y revisión de la literatura.

Knowing that the isolation of Shigella in blood is considered as an unusual medical event, a case of an infant deceased from septicemia by Shigella sonnei is presented here. This is the first case of the kind reported in Pinar del Río province. A review of the literature is included.

[Bilateral tubo-ovarian abscess caused by Enterobius vermicularis. Presentation of a case]. / Absceso tubo-ovárico bilateral debido a granulomas por Enterobius vermicularis. Presentación de un caso.

We present the case of a 33-year-old patient who had undergone hysterectomy due to an in situ carcinoma of the uterine cervix; exploratory laparotomy was carried out for a suspected abscessed pelvic tumor. It was confirmed that the two Fallopian tubes and ovaries were abscessed and exeresis was carried out. The anatomicopathological study of these showed granulomas containing gravid female specimens of the Enterobius vermicularis species.