Porphyria cutanea tarda and AIDS.

Two male patients, each of whom had one or more risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus, subsequently developed findings of porphyria cutanea tarda preceding diagnosis of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Vibrio vulnificus infection in Hawaii.

A life-threatening Vibrio vulnificus infection occurred in a 52-year-old Korean woman with hepatic cirrhosis. Four days after ingesting raw crab, the patient presented to the hospital with nausea, vomiting, fever, hypotension, and hemorrhagic blistering of the left foot. Vibrio vulnificus was recovered from both her blood and a foot wound.