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Corona Virus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected more than 67.9 million individuals world-wide and led to more than 15.5 million Deaths. In the initial studies from China, 88.7 % of the patient were noted to have fever, 67 % of the patient had cough and 56.4 % had ground glass changes on the chest imaging. With time, the presentation o...
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Background Multi-virus real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) system is able to simultaneously detect 163 viruses using a multiplex Taqman real-time PCR system. We present a case of acute liver failure (ALF) of unknown etiology diagnosed with echovirus 30 infection via multi-virus real-time PCR. Case presentation A previously healthy 66-year-old...
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Bacillus circulans is mainly considered an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised patients. However, many different infections have been described in the literature: bacteremia, abscesses, meningitis, endophthalmitis, and wound infections. We observed a spondylodiscitis caused by Bacillus circulans in an immunocompetent patient. To date, this ...
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The smudge cells are well studied as a prognostic factor for chronic lymphocytic leukemia, but it is also found in viral infections. We experienced a case of abnormal hyperleukocytosis (WBC 41,600/mm3) associated with infectious mononucleosis (IM). The smudge cells were observed in peripheral blood smears, and were counted by mistake for the normal...
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Talaromyces marneffei (T. marneffei), is an opportunistic pathogenic fungus commonly reported in southeast Asia. T. marneffei infection predominantly occurs in patients with immunodeficiency and can be fatal if diagnosis and treatment were delayed. Conventional diagnosis of T. marneffei infection relies heavily on tissue culture and histologic anal...
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We report the case of a 19-year-old healthy adolescent, living in an urban area, admitted because of acute chest pain and extensive anterior ST elevation. Coronary arteries were normal on coronary angiography; troponins were very high, echocardiography revealed a preserved global systolic function but an alteration of the longitudinal strain in the...
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Group C Streptococcus (GCS) is part of the normal commensal flora of the upper airway, as well as frequently colonizes the skin, gastrointestinal tract, and female genital tract. It can also be implicated in mono- and polymicrobial infections of the skin and soft tissue, pharyngitis, bacteremia, endocarditis, septic arthritis, osteomyelitis, and me...
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We describe a case of a 56 year-old male who presented to the hospital with pneumonia and bacteremia secondary to Streptococcus pneumoniae . After admission and initiation of appropriate antibacterial therapy he began to complain of scrotal pain. Ultrasound of the testes confirmed findings of left-sided epididymitis. Urine culture, urine gonorrhea ...
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Campylobacter lari is an organism occasionally isolated in humans but rarely causes bacteremia. We report the first case of cellulitis with bacteremia due to C. lari in a patient undergoing mantle-cell lymphoma. A 51-year-old man presented with a two-month history of fever and bilateral leg pain and redness. Despite oral ciprofloxacin administratio...
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Chickenpox is considered as a mild disease, but sometimes it is associated with complications. Among them sialadenitis is mentioned sporadically. We describe a case of the 6-year-old girl suffering from complicated chickenpox. On the basis of clinical data and ultrasound image we diagnosed in her inflammation of both submandibular glands. Moreover,...
