Gangrene of the Buttock, Perineum and Scrotum Due to Endamoeba Histolytica

ULTRAVIOLET AIR SANITATION Destruction of Microganisms

“…Meleney (11), Hunt (8), Beck (2), Hart (6,7), and others have clearly recognized the lack of adequate air sanitation in the hospital operating room. One may quickly determine by exposing blood agar plates how many bacteria may be expected to find their way by sedimentation on to an area of any given size during any given time in the operating room.…”

Cutaneous Amebiasis: The Importance of Molecular Diagnosis of an Emerging Parasitic Disease

“…Ngai and Frazier 2 reviewed the available literature published before 1936 and found 27 reported cases from China, Indochina, and the United States; thereafter, the number of reported cases of cutaneous amebiasis decreased substantially to 11 cases in 1941. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Magañ a and others 10 recorded 26 documented cases of cutaneous amebiasis from the clinical files of the Pediatric Dermatology Department of the General Hospital of Mexico of the Health Ministry, and from the Pathology Department of the Hospital of Medical Specialties of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) at the XXI Century Medical Center. However, the majority of the reported cases occurred from 1969 to the late 1980s.…”