A Review of the Mechanism of Injury and Treatment Approaches for Illness Resulting from Exposure to Water-Damaged Buildings, Mold, and Mycotoxins by Janette Hope

“…Mechanisms of illness include inflammation, oxidative stress, toxicity, infection, allergy, and irritant effects of exposure. …”
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Noninvasive Management of Fractured Indwelling Tunneled Pleural Catheter Valve by Azib Shahid, Harpreet Singh, Toni-Denise Espina, Mohammad Abdalla, Uzair Ghori, Bryan S. Benn

“…Replacement of the catheter includes risks such as pain, infection, pneumothorax, and procedure cost. We report two cases of malfunctioning tunneled IPC drainage valves repaired by our noninvasive method and discuss the need for a repair kit and a standardized approach to this repair in case of nonavailability of repair kits.…”
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Case report: A case of severe lower limb necrotizing fasciitis caused by an insulin injection has been reported by Yang Ma, Jinshuo Tang, Fei Wang, Enbo Liu, Jianlin Zuo

“…Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a rare but life-threatening soft tissue infection, often accompanied by severe systemic toxicity. …”
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Bone Transport over the Plate for the Segmental Bone Defect of Tibia by Il Seo, Chang-Wug Oh, Joon-Woo Kim, Kyeong-Hyun Park

“…These injuries are often complicated by soft tissue defects and infection. Many techniques are reported, from bone graft to bone transport. …”
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Pulmonary Embolism Mimicking Pneumonia in a HIV Patient by Vivek Nagaraja, Joel A. Terriquez, Hemanth Gavini, Lokesh Jha, Stephen A. Klotz

“…Patients with thromboembolism may have a clinical presentation mimicking common opportunistic infections. It is important to consider pulmonary embolism in the differential of HIV patients with fever, cough, and dyspnea, particularly in those with well-controlled HIV infection.…”
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Dual bombard by Cytomegalovirus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a renal transplantee by Cinthujah Balachander, Indira Ananthapadmanabasamy, Ramasubramanian Viswanathan, Poongodi Santhanakumarasamy

“…In the first year following an organ transplant, more than 80% of patients encounter a minimum of one occurrence of infection. Here, we report a case of coinfection of the Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in a kidney transplantee. …”
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Fever by Tamas Bartfai, Bruno Conti

“…We also show how fever research provided new insights into temperature and energy homeostasis, and into treatment of infection and inflammation.…”
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Global asymptotic properties of staged models with multiple progression pathways for infectious diseases by Andrey V. Melnik, Andrei Korobeinikov

“…For example, these models reflect cases when there is considerable difference in virulence, or when only a part of the infected individuals undergoes a treatment whereas the rest remains untreated. …”
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Characteristics of local inflammation of the fibula bone material from Tell Masaikh (Syria) by Hanna Mańkowska-Pliszka, Jacek Tomczyk

“…Inflammatory states usually precede the development of an organ or systemic pathologies. Whether a given infection that causes such a state has a chance to develop, depends on many individual and environmental factors. …”
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Bacteremia with an Unusual Pathogen: Mycobacterium neoaurum by Hesham Awadh, Munthir Mansour, Mahmoud Shorman

“…Mycobacterium neoaurum (M. neoaurum) is an infrequently encountered cause of infection in humans. It is a member of the rapidly growing mycobacteria family. …”
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Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus on Electroencephalography: An Atypical Presentation of Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis in Two Children by Pratibha Singhi, Arushi Gahlot Saini, Jitendra Kumar Sahu

“…Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is a neurodegenerative disease secondary to measles infection that usually has a typical presentation with progressive myoclonia, cognitive decline, and periodic slow-wave complexes on electroencephalography. …”
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Fusarium Wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum) of Watermelon by Pamela Roberts, Nicholas Dufault, Robert Hochmuth, Gary Vallad, Mathews Paret

“…The fungus can be seedborne and has great longevity in the soil, allowing infested soil to also serve as a source of infection. This new 4-page publication of the UF/IFAS Plant Pathology Department signs, symptoms, and the disease cycle of Fusarium wilt and provides recommendations for cultural and chemical management. …”
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Large Fibroepithelial Polyp of Vulva by Mahesha H. Navada, Poornima Ramachandra B. Bhat, Sujaya V. Rao, Nagarathna G.

“…The polypoidal growth was 10 cm in its largest diameter, having a long pedicle with features of inflammation secondary to infection, and was found arising from the left labia majora. …”
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Nanotechnology Role Development for COVID-19 Pandemic Management by Hamza Abu Owida, Jamal I. Al-Nabulsi, Nidal M. Turab, Nawal Louzi

“…Nanotechnology can be used to prevent, diagnose, and treat SARS-CoV-2 infection. As the pandemic spreads, a thorough examination of nanomaterials' role in pandemic response is highly desirable. …”
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Avian Diseases Transmissible to Humans by Michael A. Davis, Gary D. Butcher, F. Ben Mather

“…The seriousness of the disease in humans varies with human hosts’ age, overall health, and immune status as well as virulence of the organism, infective dose, and route of infection. This 4-page fact sheet is a major revision which discusses causes and symptoms of avian influenza (bird flu), chlamydiosis, salmonellosis, colibacillosis, encephalitis viruses, avian tuberculosis, Newcastle Disease, and cryptosporidiosis. …”
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Novel Roles of the Picornaviral 3D Polymerase in Viral Pathogenesis by Jason Kerkvliet, Ramakrishna Edukulla, Moses Rodriguez

“…Here, we discuss the structure and function of 3Dpol during picornavirus replication, we review the evidence and consequence of a host immune response to epitopes in 3Dpol after picornavirus infection, highlight data showing the antiviral effects of transgenic 3Dpol from Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV), and discuss potential mechanisms by which 3Dpol is causing this antiviral effect in mice.…”
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Use of an Amplatzer ASD Occlusion Device for the Closure of an Ascending Aortic Pseudoaneurysm Presenting as Hemoptysis by Nicholas P. Kondoleon, Christopher Kanaan, Jonathan Hansen, Samir R. Kapadia

“…Aortic pseudoaneurysms can commonly be caused by previous thoracic surgery, trauma, and infection, quickly becoming life-threatening if ruptured. …”
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Isolated Splenic Cold Abscesses with Perisplenic Extension: Treated Successfully without Splenectomy by Mohan Khadka, Ravi Pradhan

“…No primary focus of the infection was detected in the lungs or any other organs. …”
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Rare presentation of urachal remnant with suprapubic sinus: A case report by Sarah Cairo, Gabriella Grisotti, Hanmin Lee

“…Presentation is variable and can range from draining umbilicus to chronic granuloma to acute infection requiring management with antibiotics and surgical excision. …”
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Management of Infectious Processes of the Pleural Space: A Review by Ankur Girdhar, Adil Shujaat, Abubakr Bajwa

“…Presence of an effusion can complicate the diagnosis as well as the management of infection in lungs and pleural space. There has been an increase in the morbidity and mortality associated with parapneumonic effusions and empyema. …”
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