Melanie Hamilton Wilkes didnât survive Gone With the Wind. But the actress who played her, Olivia de Havilland, is the last remaining star from the Oscar-winning Best Picture of 1939, and today celebrates her 100th birthday. âIâm certainly relishing the idea of living a century,â she told Entertainment Weekly last year.
Kodamaea (Pichia) ohmeri was formerly considered a contaminant, but is now known to be a significant human pathogen that has been shown to cause fungemia, endocarditis, funguria, and peritonitis in immunocompromised patients.n the last 20 years, only 19 cases have been described in the literature. All reported cases had significant predisposing conditions including diabetes mellitus, malignancy, use of catheters, etc. However, the association between cellulitis of tinea pedis and fluconazole-resistant K. ohmeri has not been described.
Causes/Inheritance. What causes myasthenia gravis (MG)? The immune system normally defends the body against diseases, but sometimes it can turn against the body, leading to an autoimmune disease. MG is just one of many autoimmune diseases, which include arthritis and type 1 diabetes. In all of these diseases, an army of immune cells that would normally attack bacteria and disease-causing germs mistakenly attacks cells and/or proteins that have essential functions in the body.