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A retrospective study of 32 patients managed for cow gore injuries. The abdomen was involved in 16 (50%) patients, scrotum in six (18.9%), neck in three (9.3%) and other sites in seven (22.8%). All injuries were penetrating in nature and laparotomy was done on 17 (53%) patients.

From January 1988 to December 1999, 43 adults with pyomyositis were managed at Ahmadu Bello UniversityTeaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria. Staphylococcus aureuswas the most commonly cultured organism (92.5%). All the 41 patients responded well to incision and adequate drainage, antibiotics and partial thickness skin grafting in 10 patients (23.2%).Two patients (4.65%) died from septicaemia, while being resuscitated.

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decline in levels. The person who developed arthritis after the first sample was collected had convalescent serum tested for Parvo-virus serology in another reference laboratory, and this was negative.Water samples were collected from the nursery on three occasions spread over 20 days. The sample collected from the pantry of the nursery was unsatisfactory showing gross contamination with Pseudomonas and Coliform organisms. Sample from two other areas of the hospital were found to be excellent.