Join me in my car while I tell you about a common infection caused by a common organism that uncommonly causes this common infection.
Amgad Ghoprial, Nazary Nebeluk, Uzoamaka Akudo Eke, Acase of Escherichia coli native mitral valve endocarditis complicated by annular abscess and central retinal artery occlusion,
IDCases, Volume 42, 2025, e02443,
ISSN 2214-2509,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2025.e02443.
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250925002999)
Join me for a drive on the highway and I will tell you about an uncommon vaccine preventable presentation.
Cruz MFR, Smith C, Takahashi K, Han SM, Verona JA. Clinically diagnosed tetanus in a 58-year-old female with breast fungating mass. Trop Med Health. 2025 Dec 19. doi: 10.1186/s41182-025-00878-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41419995.
Join me for a quick drive home to hear about an interesting infestation
Mohamed M, Alshanawani M, Alharbi A, et al. (November 17, 2025) Acute Appendicitis Complicated by Ascaris lumbricoides Infestation: A Case Report. Cureus 17(11): e97069. doi:10.7759/cureus.97069
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Mauricio Guerrero-Ocampo1, Alder Fernando Valenzuela-Rangel2, Luis Marcos Peña1, Ana Riquelme1. Delayed cerebellar abscess developed 38 years after craniocerebral gunshot wound: A case report. 05-Dec-2025;16:517
Join me as I drive home (well, to Tim Hortons for a tea for my wife) and I will tell you about an uncommon consequence of a common infection.
Granja A, Ramos C, Neto R, et al. (November 14, 2025) Gonococcal Tenosynovitis With Abscess Formation: A Rare Presentation of Disseminated Infection. Cureus 17(11): e96815. doi:10.7759/cureus.96815
Drive home with me (well up the the gas station) to hear about an interesting skin manifestation from an interesting bacterium.
AUTHOR=Wang Xing , Xiao Yongmei , Ge Ting , Zhang Ting , Li Xiaolu
TITLE=Community-acquired Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis presenting with ecthyma gangrenosum in a neutropenic infant: a case report
JOURNAL=Frontiers in Pediatrics
VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2025
YEAR=2025
URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pediatrics/articles/10.3389/fped.2025.1709166
DOI=10.3389/fped.2025.1709166
Join me in my car on the way home from work to hear about an uncommon infection in a patient following liver transplant.
Sim BZ, Seidenfeld A, Focht J, Saullo J, Carugati M. Disseminated cutaneous blastomycosis in a liver transplant recipient: A case report. Med Mycol Case Rep. 2025 Nov 21;50:100754. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2025.100754. PMID: 41362851; PMCID: PMC12682078.
Join me on my drive home to hear about a strange cause of a pelvic mass.
Zhang F, Zhang Q, Chen G, Yang W, Li J. Primary ovarian parasitic diseases mimicking ovarian cancer in the reproductive system: diagnostic challenges and surgical challenges (a case report). Pan Afr Med J. 2025 Sep 23;52:35. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2025.52.35.48948. PMID: 41356128; PMCID: PMC12676278.
Drive home with me and hear about an unusual cause of a heart infection
Anupam Canchi Arun Rao, Sanjaya Senanayake, Laila Khan, “Something fishy going on…”; First case report of Plesiomonas shigelloides endocarditis manifesting as a seizure, European Heart Journal - Case Reports, Volume 9, Issue 11, November 2025, ytaf557,
Join me on my drive home to learn about this toothy organism.
Nguyen VD, Le VN, Nguyen QP, Le TD. Bacteraemia with hepatic abscess due to Actinomyces odontolyticus associated with gastrointestinal foreign body. EJCRIM [Internet]. 2025 Dec. 4 [cited 2025 Dec. 13];12(12)
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Come for a drive with me and I can tell you an unexpected pitfall of GBS management.
Yasmine Bendimrad et al. IVIg-induced false positive hepatitis B serology in a patient with Guillain-Barré syndrome: a case report. Pan African Medical Journal. 2025;52:20. [doi: 10.11604/pamj.2025.52.20.49000]
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Obata et al. Lethal legionella pneumonia with bacteremia due to serotype 3 co-infected with Staphylococcus aureus and Haemophilus influenzae. Cereus 17(10): e95860
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Giridhar B, Kankanamage NJ. Oxf Med Case Reports. 2025 Nov 26;2025(11):omaf239. doi: 10.1093/omcr/omaf239. eCollection 2025 Nov. PMID: 41311450