Immunocompromised patient
Massilia timonae gen nov , sp nov , Isolated from Blood of an Immunocompromised Patient with Cerebellar Lesions
... Children and young adults with severe antibody deficiencies such as X-linked gammaglobulinemia, common variable immu- nodeficiency, and X-linked hyper-immunoglobulin M syndrome are prone to recurrent infections which can ...
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Mycoplasma penetrans bacteremia in an immunocompromised patient detected by metagenomic sequencing: a case report
... the patient described in our case report is HIV-negative but immunocompromised (solid organ ...the patient, we assume that the source of the bacteremia with ...
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Pulmonary Talcosis in an Immunocompromised Patient
... malignancy, immunocompromised state, and radiographic findings until high-resolution computerized tomographic (HRCT) findings showed a diffuse pulmonary fibrosis picture that prompted further questioning and a ...
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Aeromonas sobria necrotizing fasciitis and sepsis in an immunocompromised patient: a case report and review of the literature
... in immunocompromised patients [11,12], we present an uncommon case of ...In immunocompromised hosts, Aeromonas -associated soft tissue infections can be fulminant and ...
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A case report of septic shock syndrome caused by S pneumoniae in an immunocompromised patient despite of vaccination
... a patient who had undergone splenectomy due to an autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS), which is characterized as a dysfunction of ...the patient was vaccinated with a conjugated polysaccharide ...
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A bleeding colonic ulcer from invasive Aspergillus infection in an immunocompromised patient: a case report
... Case presentation: A 36-year-old Hispanic woman presented with septic shock secondary to extensive Fournier gangrene that required multiple surgical debridement of the perineal and retroperitoneal area. Her vital signs ...
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Myroides odoratimimus urinary tract infection in an immunocompromised patient: an emerging multidrug-resistant micro-organism
... the patient suffered from another hemorrhagic cystitis ...the patient was treated with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxa- zole at a renally-adjusted dose (160/800 mg daily for 2 weeks) which led to the resolution ...
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Multidrug resistant Aeromonas hydrophila causing fatal bilateral necrotizing fasciitis in an immunocompromised patient: a case report
... the patient ’ s rapid clinical deterioration with severe unremittent hemodynamic in- stability during the ...the patient went into cardiac arrest and passed away within 2 hours after the final ...
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First Case of Cerebral Abscess Due to a Novel Nocardia Species in an Immunocompromised Patient
... Discussion. The risk factors (heart transplantation, immuno- suppressive treatment that includes administration of corticoste- roids) as well as the clinical presentation were classic for nocardio- sis in our ...
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Disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial infection with multifocal retinitis and vasculitis in an immunocompromised patient with anti-IFN-ɣ autoantibodies
... TLL was the Ophthalmic senior resident managing the case together with Uveitis consultants RA and SLH. JY-LT was the consultant internal physician who was the overall in charge of managing the patient. KHO was the ...
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Hypervariability of Biofilm Formation and Oxacillin Resistance in a Staphylococcus epidermidis Strain Causing Persistent Severe Infection in an Immunocompromised Patient
... leukemia patient in Germany in 1994 and had PFGE restriction patterns that were very similar to those seen in isolates obtained from our current patient, demonstrating a close genetic relationship ...
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Usefulness of molecular biology performed with formaldehyde-fixed paraffin embedded tissue for the diagnosis of combined pulmonary invasive mucormycosis and aspergillosis in an immunocompromised patient
... Our observations outline the difficulty of diagnosing associated invasive mycoses in immunocompromised patients. For diagnosis, it is crucial to compare the his- tological and mycological analyses. However, as ...
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Acute hepatitis B virus infection with delayed appearance of hepatitis B core antibody in an immunocompromised patient: a case report
... The complete viral genome sequence of this patient was obtained on an acute phase blood sample (Decem- ber 2012) and a chronic phase blood sample (December 2014). The HBV genome sequences recovered from the acute ...
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A real time PCR assay on blood for diagnosis of invasive candidiasis in immunocompromised patient
... this patient was acute myeloid leukemia (AML) ...1 patient (9%) and 10 patients (91%) were defined as proven and possible groups of IC, ...IC patient was found ...
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A case of Mycobacterium goodiiprosthetic valve endocarditis in a non immunocompromised patient: use of 16S rDNA analysis for rapid diagnosis
... Our patient had received a prosthetic mitral valve four months before the infection gave any obvious symptoms such as ...our patient had a prolonged, indolent infection that was acquired during surgery, as ...
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<em>Candida albicans</em> keratitis in an immunocompromised patient
... female patient presented to our Eye Casualty Department complaining of severe pain in the right eye and a decreased vision of 24-hour ...The patient wasn’t on any kind of medication at the ...
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Case report: persistently seronegative neuroborreliosis in an immunocompromised patient
... mild action tremor, mild apathy, dysphagia and hearing loss. He had an erythema on his wrists and left elbow and had lost 6 kg. An MRI of his brain revealed periven- tricular white matter lesions, and pathological ...
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Fungal Spinal Osteomyelitis in the Immunocompromised Patient: MR Findings in Three Cases
... Summary: The MR imaging findings of fungal spinal os- teomyelitis in three recipients of organ transplants showed hypointensity of the vertebral bodies on T1-weighted se- quences in all cases. Signal changes and ...
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Phanerochaete sordida as a cause of pulmonary nodule in an immunocompromised patient: a case report
... Tissue specimens were cultured microbiologically on potato dextrose agar medium at 37 °C. However, fungal growth was not observed, even after 4 weeks. Gene ana- lysis using broad-range polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was ...
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Non-cholesteatomatous suppurative otitis media: facial nerve palsy in an immunocompromised patient
... However, acquired cholesteatoma is usually associated with granulation tissue and infection (Djeric and Savic. 1989), with a number of interlinking mechanisms at the cellular and enzymat[r] ...
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