To the Editor: On November 2, 2005, fever, chills, and cough developed in a previously healthy woman who was four months pregnant. Chickens and ducks in her household had become ill and had died during October. From October 25 through October 30, the ...

To the Editor: Six weeks after an occupational needle-stick injury, a 35-year-old man presented to a clinic in the Los Angeles area for testing to rule out acute infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The patient had no other risk factors ...

To the Editor: De Jong et al. (Dec. 22 issue)¹ report resistance to oseltamivir in two of three recent deaths from influenza A (H5N1) virus infection and recommend investigation into new antiviral drugs for use either alone or in combination with ...

To the Editor: As Rutgeerts et al. mention in their article about infliximab for ulcerative colitis (Dec. 8 issue),¹ nocturnal fecal incontinence in patients who have an ileoanal pouch is, indeed, an “inconvenience” that is reminiscent of their ...

To the Editor: In the editorial, with Dr. Wood, on registration of clinical trials (Dec. 29 issue),¹ you unfairly criticize Pfizer and falsely claim that companies challenge the “spirit of the law.” Pfizer's record is demonstrably excellent. Section 113 ...

To the Editor: In their review article on community-acquired bacterial meningitis (Jan. 5 issue), van de Beek et al.¹ suggest that when bacterial meningitis is probable but neuroimaging is not available, lumbar puncture should be given preference in ...

To the Editor: In the Case Records presented in the December 8 issue,¹ the statement by the discussant, “the only identified cause of Brugada syndrome is an abnormality in the cardiac sodium channel,” as well as the entire discussion, would have been ...

To the Editor: The patient in the medical mystery in the February 2 issue¹ had encrusted pyeloureteritis and cystitis caused by Corynebacterium urealyticum. Multiple urine cultures revealed the presence of corynebacterium species that were subsequently ...