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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38013739/ventilator-associated-pneumonia-vap-and-pleural-empyema-caused-by-multidrug-resistant-acinetobacter-baumannii-in-hiv-and-covid-19-infected-patient-a-case-report
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Rosa Anna Passerotto, Francesco Lamanna, Damiano Farinacci, Alex Dusina, Simona Di Giambenedetto, Arturo Ciccullo, Alberto Borghetti
We analyzed the case of a 49-year-old woman with HIV infection off-therapy with poor viro-immunological compensation, not vaccinated for SARS-COV-2, hospitalized for lobar pneumonia and severe COVID19-related respiratory failure in intensive care unit (ICU). The hospitalization was complicated by bacteraemic ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) caused by multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDR-AB) isolated on pleural fluid culture, treated with colistin and cefiderocol for about 3 weeks. The molecular research of MDR-AB on transtracheal aspirate was negative following this therapy...
June 2023: Infect Med (Beijing)
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37998922/comparative-study-on-the-antimicrobial-activities-and-metabolic-profiles-of-five-usnea-species-from-the-philippines
#22
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Thomas Edison E Dela Cruz, Lawrence P Timbreza, Ek Sangvichien, Kin Israel R Notarte, Krystle Angelique A Santiago
The rapid emergence of resistant bacteria is occurring worldwide, endangering the efficacy of antibiotics. Hence, there is a need to search for new sources of antibiotics that either exhibit novel structures or express a new mechanism of action. The lichen Usnea , with its wide range of unique, biologically potent secondary metabolites, may solve this problem. In this study, Usnea species were collected in the Northern Philippines, identified through combined morphological and biochemical characterization, and tested for antimicrobial activities against the multidrug-resistant ESKAPE pathogens, i...
November 17, 2023: Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland)
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37996853/clinical-features-and-risk-factors-of-plastic-bronchitis-caused-by-mycoplasma-pneumoniae-pneumonia-in-children
#23
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lei Yang, Yuyan Zhang, Changqing Shen, Zhouhua Lu, Tongshu Hou, Fenghai Niu, Yuzhong Wang, Jun Ning, Ruihan Liu
BACKGROUND: We analyzed the clinical characteristics of children with plastic bronchitis (PB) caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) and explored its risk factors. METHODS: We prospectively analyzed clinical data of children with MP pneumonia (MPP) treated with fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FB). Patients were classified into a PB and non-PB group. General information, clinical manifestations, laboratory tests, results of computed tomography scan, and FB findings were compared between groups...
November 23, 2023: BMC Pulmonary Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37942045/lesson-of-urgent-bilateral-lobar-lung-transplantation-for-acute-fibrinous-and-organizing-pneumonia-a-case-report
#24
Bing Ye, Chun Chen, Lin Huang, Jingyu Chen, Qinyong Weng, Weidong Wu
BACKGROUND: Acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia (AFOP) is one of acute expiratory diseases, which occurs rarely with a difficult diagnosis. AFOP is related to an idiopathic cause or autoimmune disease, drug use, infection, cancer, or transplantation. Variation of treatment depends on different institutions. To date, no evidence shows that lobar lung transplantation is applied in an urgent situation such as AFOP. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 33-year-old female patient experienced fever, cough, and dyspnea four days prior to admission...
2023: AME Case Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37923172/yttrium-90-transarterial-radioembolization-of-primary-lung-cancer-metastases-to-the-liver
#25
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Erica S Alexander, Elena N Petre, Ken Zhao, Vlasios Sotirchos, Azadeh Namakydoust, Amgad Moussa, Gavin Yuan, Constantinos T Sofocleous, Stephen B Solomon, Etay Ziv
PURPOSE: To assess whether yttrium-90 transarterial radioembolization (TARE) is safe and effective in the treatment of primary lung cancer metastases to the liver (LCML). METHODS AND METHODS: This retrospective study included 57 patients with LCML who were treated with 79 TARE treatments. Histology included non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (n = 27), small cell lung cancer (SCLC) (n = 17), and lung carcinoid (LC) (n = 13). Survival was calculated using Kaplan-Meier method; differences between groups were estimated using log rank test...
February 2024: Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology: JVIR
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37854828/a-case-of-spontaneous-pulmonary-torsion-following-lobar-pneumonia
#26
Benjamin D Seadler, Arielle Thomas, Paul L Linsky
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
October 2023: JTCVS techniques
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37839033/secukinumab-induced-systemic-lupus-erythematosus-in-psoriatic-arthritis
#27
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Pedro Ávila-Ribeiro, Ana Rita Lopes, Joana Martins-Martinho, Estela Nogueira, Joana Antunes, José Carlos Romeu, Ana Rita Cruz-Machado, Elsa Vieira-Sousa
CASE REPORT: A 68-year-old male treated with secukinumab for psoriatic arthritis suspended treatment for three months due to COVID pandemic. Upon secukinumab reintroduction, anorexia and weight loss ensued and four months later he had an abrupt onset of low-grade fever, fatigue, flu-like symptoms, dyspnoea and widespread inflammatory arthralgias. Laboratory investigations showed de novo anaemia, leukopenia, lymphopenia, cytocholestasis, elevated acute phase reactants, C3 complement consumption, proteinuria (1630mg/24h), active urine sediment, positive antinuclear (1:1280) and anti-double-stranded DNA (212...
2023: ARP Rheumatol
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37820606/simultaneous-tumor-shrinkage-and-bronchial-perforation-induced-by-nivolumab-plus-cabozantinib-combination-therapy-in-a-patient-with-collecting-duct-carcinoma
#28
Hiroki Okumura, Kyoko Murase, Suguru Oka, Rika Kizawa, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Yuko Tanabe, Koichi Suyama, Kazushige Sakaguchi, Shinji Urakami, Yuji Miura
Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors are known to cause perforation as one of its severe side effects, and postoperative and post-radiation therapy are known risk factors. However, there are few studies on perforation following tumor shrinkage. A 78-year-old woman with postoperative recurring left collecting duct carcinoma of the right hilar lymph nodes and mediastinum underwent eight courses of nivolumab plus cabozantinib, resulting in tumor shrinkage. Three days after the last administration, she developed fever and cough and was hospitalized for right lobar pneumonia...
October 11, 2023: Chemotherapy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37816581/living-donor-lobar-lung-transplantation-from-a-hepatitis-b-surface-antigen-positive-donor-to-a-negative-recipient
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Takafumi Yamaya, Masaaki Sato, Chihiro Konoeda, Jun Nakajima
A man in his 40s was diagnosed with interstitial pneumonia at another hospital. He was referred to our hospital for lung transplantation. His lung function was rapidly declining, necessitating semiurgent living-donor lobar lung transplantation (LDLLT). Although he was negative for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis B surface antibody (HBsAb), one of the candidate donors was proven HBsAg-positive. The risk of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection at transplantation was considered high; however, after careful discussion about the safety of the recipient and donor, it was decided to conduct LDLLT...
October 10, 2023: BMJ Case Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37813617/pulmonary-vein-stenosis-after-catheter-ablation-for-atrial-fibrillation-an-early-diagnosis-using-unenhanced-computed-tomography
#30
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Soichiro Kojima, Mitsuru Matsuki, Nana Fujii, Naoki Kunitomo, Akihiro Nakamata, Hiroyuki Fujii, Kota Yokoyama, Moto Nakaya, Hiroaki Watanabe, Masashi Kamioka, Tomonori Watanabe, Harushi Mori
Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a serious complication of catheter ablation (CA) for atrial fibrillation (AF). PVS generally occurs several months after CA and presents with non-specific symptoms and imaging findings. There have been reports of delayed diagnoses due to a misdiagnosis as infection, interstitial pneumonia, or organizing pneumonia. We introduced six cases of PVS after CA, all of which showed narrowing of the unilateral pulmonary vessels with or without lobar volume loss in the left lung on unenhanced computed tomography...
October 6, 2023: Internal Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37766074/epidemiology-of-streptococcus-pneumoniae-serotypes-in-jordan-amongst-children-younger-than-the-age-of-5-a-national-cross-sectional-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Munir Abu-Helalah, Asma'a Al-Mnayyis, Hamed Alzoubi, Ruba Al-Abdallah, Hussein Jdaitawi, Omar Nafi, Kamel Abu-Sal, Alaa Altawalbeh, Alia Khlaifat, Enas Al-Zayadneh, Ihsan Almaaitah, Ibrahim Borghol, Fadi Batarseh, Omar Okkeh, Abdallah Dalal, Ahmad Alhendi, Mohammad Almaaitah, Adnan Al-Lahham, Mahmoud Gazo, Faisal Abu Ekteish, Ziad Elnasser
INTRODUCTION: Streptococcus pneumoniae infections are a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. In Jordan, pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) are not included in the national vaccination program. Due to the current availability of several PCVs, including PCV-10, PCV-13, and PCV-15, along with PCV-20, currently undergoing pediatric approvals globally, the decision to introduce PCVs and their selection should be based on valid local data on the common serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae ...
August 22, 2023: Vaccines
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37745759/intralobar-pulmonary-sequestration-in-2-extremes-of-ages-a-case-report
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Krishnaraj Aryal, Pradeep Raj Regmi, Gauri Adhikari, Ruchi Karki, Prajwal Dhakal
Pulmonary sequestration is a relatively rare phenomenon characterized by nonfunctional lung tissue supplied by one or more systemic arteries without direct connection to the tracheobronchial tree. Intra-lobar pulmonary sequestration comprises 75% of the total pulmonary sequestrations. Most patients with pulmonary sequestrations are often diagnosed with a childhood chest infection, so pulmonary sequestration is considered a childhood disease. However, few cases are found in adults and the elderly, with or without symptoms, and imaging findings on computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are variable due to infection and inflammation...
November 2023: Radiology Case Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37718411/clinically-defined-aspiration-pneumonia-is-an-independent-risk-factor-associated-with-long-term-hospital-stay-a-prospective-cohort-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Takao Wakabayashi, Sugihiro Hamaguchi, Konosuke Morimoto
BACKGROUND: Long-term hospital stay is associated with functional decline in patients with pneumonia, especially in the elderly. Among elderly patients with pneumonia, aspiration pneumonia is a major category. Clinical definition is usually used because it can occur without apparent aspiration episodes. It is still not clear whether a long-term hospital stay is due to aspiration pneumonia itself caused by underlying oropharyngeal dysfunction or simply due to functional decline in elderly patients with multiple comorbidities during acute infection...
September 18, 2023: BMC Pulmonary Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37703573/congenital-pulmonary-malformations-in-children-in-a-pediatric-hospital-in-peru-2010-2020
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Héctor Nuñez-Paucar, Noé Atamari-Anahui, Carlos Valera-Moreno
BACKGROUND: Congenital pulmonary malformations (CPMs) are rare in children. This study aimed to describe the clinical, imaging characteristics, and treatment of patients with this pathology. METHODS: We conducted a descriptive and retrospective study with data from patients with CPMs diagnosed at Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño-Breña (Lima-Peru), from January 2010 to December 2020. We described CPM clinical and imaging characteristics, type and treatment...
2023: Boletín Médico del Hospital Infantil de México
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37695258/bronchial-collapse-and-bronchial-stenting-in-9-dogs
#35
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Darren Kelly, Florence Juvet, Valerie Lamb, Andrew Holdsworth
BACKGROUND: Principal and lobar bronchial collapse is increasingly recognized as an isolated entity. OBJECTIVE: Retrospectively describe the procedure and outcomes of dogs undergoing bronchial stenting at a single referral hospital. ANIMALS: Nine client-owned dogs with variable degrees of collapse of the left principal bronchus (LPB), lobar bronchus 1 (LB1), and lobar bronchus 2 (LB2), and with clinically relevant signs of respiratory dysfunction...
September 11, 2023: Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37657382/pneumonia-pattern-recognition-on-ultra-low-dose-ct-does-not-allow-for-a-reliable-differentiation-between-viral-and-bacterial-pneumonia-a-multicentre-observer-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Inge A H van den Berk, Maadrika M N P Kanglie, Tjitske S R van Engelen, Marieke C Hovinga de Boer, Wouter de Monyé, Shandra Bipat, Patrick M M Bossuyt, Jan M Prins, Jaap Stoker
PURPOSE: While a reliable differentiation between viral and bacterial pneumonia is not possible with chest X-ray, this study investigates whether ultra-low-dose chest-CT (ULDCT) could be used for this purpose. METHODS: In the OPTIMACT trial 281 patients had a final diagnosis of pneumonia, and 96/281 (34%) had one or more positive microbiology results: 60 patients viral pathogens, 48 patients bacterial pathogens. These 96 ULDCT's were blindly and independently evaluated by two chest radiologists, who reported CT findings, pneumonia pattern, and most likely type of pathogen...
August 25, 2023: European Journal of Radiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37653374/bronchoscopic-treatment-of-multiple-bronchial-myelolipomas-a-case-report-and-literature-review
#37
REVIEW
Jiali Ji, Hongqin Zhong, Xian Ren, Ting He, Guijuan Xie, Xun Wang
BACKGROUND: Extra-adrenal myelolipoma is an unusual entity, and endobronchial myelolipoma is rarer, which is often ignored by clinicians, delaying the disease and affecting the prognosis. CASE PRESENTATION: A 71-year-old man with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus, with recurrent fever, cough, and expectoration for more than 2 weeks experienced relief in cough, phlegm reduction, and glycemic control with anti-inflammatory treatment...
August 31, 2023: BMC Pulmonary Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37621407/early-prediction-and-hrct-evaluation-of-post-covid-19-related-lung-fibrosis
#38
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Md Tanzilur Rahman, Nishat Un Nahar, Md Ibrahim, Iftadul Islam, Bishwajit Bhowmik, Mahbuba Shirin, Md Mizanur Rahman Khan, Nafisa Akkas, Md Maruf Ahmed Molla
BACKGROUND: Early detection of post-COVID-19-related lung fibrosis is very important for the early introduction of treatment and to minimize morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study is the early detection and evaluation of post-COVID-19 fibrosis by high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT). METHODS: This prospective study included 115 patients irrespective of age and sex, who tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 by nasopharyngeal swab (RT PCR), admitted to the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) dedicated COVID-19 hospital, Dhaka, and discharged after recovery...
2023: Microbiology Insights
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37605706/a-case-of-severe-difficult-to-diagnose-legionnaires-disease-in-a-young-welder
#39
Dylan B McBee, Ruth Mizu, Ahmed M Hamdi
Legionellosis among welders and other metalworkers is a rare but potentially underappreciated occupational hazard. The same mechanisms that predispose welders to severe pneumonia from Streptococcus pneumoniae and Bacillus cereus may similarly predispose them to Legionella pneumophila infection. We present a case of a previously healthy, immunocompetent 31-year-old male welder presenting with three days of shortness of breath, hypoxia, high-grade fever, and blood-tinged sputum. Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed a lobar consolidation of the right middle and lower lobes...
July 2023: Curēus
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37580731/complexity-in-clinical-diagnoses-of-acute-exacerbation-of-chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease
#40
RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Alexandre J Pratt, Andrew Purssell, Tinghua Zhang, Vanessa P J Luks, Xavier Bauza, Sunita Mulpuru, Miranda Kirby, Shawn D Aaron, Juthaporn Cowan
BACKGROUND: Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) is a clinical syndrome with various causes. It is not uncommon that COPD patients presenting with dyspnea have multiple causes for their symptoms including AECOPD, pneumonia, or congestive heart failure occurring concurrently. METHODS: To identify clinical, radiographic, and laboratory characteristics that might help distinguish AECOPD from another dominant disease in patients with a history of COPD, we conducted a retrospective cohort study of hospitalized patients with admitting diagnosis of AECOPD who were screened for a prospective randomized controlled trial from Sep 2016 to Mar 2018...
August 14, 2023: BMC Pulmonary Medicine
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