A Fatal Case of Concurrent Disseminated Tuberculosis, Pneumocystis Pneumonia, and Bacterial Septic Shock in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis Receiving Methotrexate, Glucocortico... by Shin-Ichiro Ohmura, Ryuhei Ishihara, Ayaka Mitsui, Yoshiro Otsuki, Toshiaki Miyamoto

“…Recently, treatment for rheumatoid arthritis has dramatically improved but increases the risk of bacterial and opportunistic infections. Herein, we report a fatal case of concurrent disseminated tuberculosis, pneumocystis pneumonia, and septic shock due to pyelonephritis caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis who received methotrexate, glucocorticoid, and tocilizumab. …”
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Post-COVID-19 Dermatomyositis: A Delayed Reaction That Evades Early Detection by Nur Ili Syazwani MD HADIS, Siti Suhaila MOHD YUSOFF, Rosediani MUHAMAD, Fatin Hanani CHE JUHA

“…Its prevalence increased during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Viral infections may cause autoimmunity and trigger the pathogenesis of myositis. …”
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Outbreak of white piedra in a flock of Extremeña blue hens by García Alfredo, Barraso Carmen

“…This paper describes for the first time a case of avian ringworm, caused by Cutaneotrichosporon jirovecii in a small flock of Extremeña blue hens and highlights that the disease could occur in outbreak proportions, with 46.70% of cocks affected. Infected birds had white crusts on the comb, and most affected animals showed white or light brown nodules that were loosely attached to the tip of feathers, but no systemic disease signs were observed. …”
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Variable Presentation of the CYBB Mutation in One Family, Approach to Management, and a Review of the Literature by Tatyana Gavrilova, Ari Zelig, Diana H. Lee

“…CGD affects primarily neutrophils and manifests as an early predisposition to severe life-threatening infections. Additionally, patients with CGD are predisposed to unique autoimmune manifestations. …”
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Blood Feeding Insect Series: Yellow Fever by Walter J. Tabachnick, C. Roxanne Rutledge-Connelly, Christopher N. Mores, Chelsea T. Smartt

“…Smartt, describes this feared human disease transmitted through the bite of infected mosquitoes, which even today poses formidable challenges and dangers to humans around the world. …”
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Cholecystoduodenal Fistula and Urosepsis in A Febrile Emergency Department Patient: A Case Report by Amna Nawaz, Denise Elizondo, Bushra Hussein, Rebecca Theophanous

“…Point-of-care ultrasound can investigate potential intra-abdominal infections in febrile patients, especially in the elderly, who often present atypically without abdominal pain or localizing symptoms. …”
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Secondary Hemophagocytic Syndrome: The Importance of Clinical Suspicion by Cristina Oliveira, Sérgio Chacim, Isabel Ferreira, Nelson Domingues, José Mário Mariz

“…The latter can be secondary to infections, malignancies, or autoimmune diseases. Clinically, patients present signs of severe inflammation, with unremitting fever, cytopenias, spleen enlargement, phagocytosis of bone marrow elements, hypertriglyceridemia, and hypofibrinogenemia. …”
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Thielaviopsis Trunk Rot of Palm by Monica L. Elliott

“… Thielaviopsis paradoxa is a fungus that can infect any part of a palm, and so can cause numerous diseases. …”
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First Report of a Case of Pneumococcal Meningitis Which Did Not Respond to the Ceftriaxone Therapy despite the Isolated Organism Being Sensitive to This Antibiotic In Vitro by Maryam Mojtabavi, Hamid Reza Naderi, Ashraf Tavanaee Sani, Mahmood Bagheri, Kiarash Ghazvini

“…This alarming emergence of isolates with in vivo resistance should be considered and even could lead to a shift in the empirical antibiotic therapy for pneumococcal infections.…”
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S. lugdunensis Native-Joint Septic Arthritis: Case Report and Review of the Literature by C. Danielle Tan, Donna Moritz, Alfredo J. Mena Lora

“…The association between S. lugdunensis and infective endocarditis is well known, but few reports of native-joint disease with this organism exist. …”
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Pelvic Hydatid Cyst with Hydroureteronephrosis: A Rare Case Report by Amir Mohammad Salehi, Hossain Salehi, Ensiyeh Jenabi

“…Humans are accidentally infected with the parasite. The cyst is usually found in the liver and lungs and rarely occurs in other body parts. …”
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Cerebral Phaeohyphomycosis in a Patient with Neurosarcoidosis on Chronic Steroid Therapy Secondary to Recreational Marijuana Usage by Preetam Gongidi, Debkumar Sarkar, Eric Behling, Joshua Brody

“…We review the radiographic findings of neurosarcoidosis and cerebral phaeohyphomycosis as well as the pathophysiology of dematiaceous fungi infections.…”
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Global analysis of a delayed vector-bias model for malariatransmission with incubation period in mosquitoes by Cruz Vargas-De-León

“…The delay $\tau$corresponds to the time necessary for a latently infected vectorto become an infectious vector. We prove that the global stabilityis completely determined by the threshold parameter, $R_0(\tau)$.If $R_0(\tau)\leq1$, the disease-free equilibrium is globallyasymptotically stable. …”
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Mathematical analysis of COVID-19 dynamics in Iraq utilising empirical data by Wasan I. Khalil, Ayad R. Khudair

“…Utilising the validated model, we establish an optimal control problem aimed at minimising daily infections via vaccination, employing a cost function. …”
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Dissection of the Interplay between Class I PI3Ks and Rac Signaling in Phagocytic Functions by Carlotta Costa, Giulia Germena, Emilio Hirsch

“…This function resides at the core of innate immunity and requires a series of concerted events that lead first to migration to the infected tissue and then to the killing of the invading pathogens. …”
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Sugarcane Ratoon Stunting by Philippe Rott, Sushma Sood, Jack C. Comstock, Robert A. Gilbert, Hardev S. Sandhu

“…This pathogen is mainly spread by infected stalk cuttings and contaminated harvesting knives. …”
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Subacute Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation in a Patient with Liver Metastases of a Renal Cell Carcinoma by L. C. van der Wekken, R. J. L. F. Loffeld

“…Its acute form is associated with severe bacterial infections and hematological malignancies. It has a fulminant presentation with prolonged bleeding times and diffuse thrombosis. …”
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Modeling and analyzing the transmission dynamics of visceral leishmaniasis by Lan Zou, Jing Chen, Shigui Ruan

“…Vaccination of susceptible dogs, treatment of infective dogs, as well as control of vertical transmission in dogs are effective prevention and control measures for visceral leishmaniasis.…”
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Interferon Induced Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis by Yusuf Kayar, Nuket Bayram Kayar, Nadir Alpay, Jamshid Hamdard, Iskender Ekinci, Sebnem Emegil, Rabia Bag Soydas, Birol Baysal

“…Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is usually seen in viral infections, immune deficiency syndrome, sickle cell anemia, and hyperfiltration and secondary to interferon therapy. …”
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Purple Urine Bag Syndrome: An Alarming Hue? A Brief Review of the Literature by Fahad Khan, Muhammad A. Chaudhry, Noorulain Qureshi, Benjamin Cowley

“…Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) is a unique disease entity characterized by an alarming purple discoloration of the urine secondary to recurrent urinary tract infections with indigo- and indirubin-producing bacteria. …”
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