Multiple cranial neuropathies in Churg-Strauss syndrome: case report by G. Rutkauskaitė, R. Masaitienė, J. Dadonienė, D. Jatužis

“…Patients are treated with glucocorticoids and immunosuppressants. We describe a case report of a 68-year-old woman with a clinical diagnosis of Churg-Strauss syndrome and multiple cranial neuropathies. …”
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Surgical Site Infections Complicating the Use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Renal Transplant Recipients by Susanna Lam, Ngee-Soon Lau, Jerome Martin Laurence, Deborah Jean Verran

“…Our case series demonstrates that in immunosuppressed transplant recipients, there may be ineffective microbial or bacterial bioburden clearance associated with the NPWT, which can lead to further infections. …”
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Mycophenolate Mofetil and Clostridium difficile-associated Colitis by A. I. Dolgushina, A. A. Selyanina, E. A. Mezenceva, A. G. Vasilenko, L. I. Pozdeeva, L. Yu. Zhuravleva, E. R. Olevskaya, E. A. Fedorova

“…Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is an active immunosuppressant with side effects affecting gastrointestinal tract (GIT). …”
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Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Adult-Onset Still’s Disease: Rapid Response to Anakinra by Marc Campos, Elena Schiopu

“…After unsuccessful exposure to various immunosuppressive regimens, shortly following the initiation of anakinra, an interleukin-1 (IL-1) receptor antagonist, her disease became quiescent and the PAH resolved. …”
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Vascular Endothelial Cell Function in Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by B. Routy, T. Huynh, R. Fraser, C. Séguin

“…Despite survival improvement with new generation immunosuppressive agents, their mechanisms of action are poorly defined, and CAPS is still considered a high-risk complication in patients known with antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. …”
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pneumonia Treated with Lower-Dose Palivizumab in a Heart Transplant Recipient by J. L. Grodin, K. S. Wu, E. E. Kitchell, J. Le, J. D. Mishkin, M. H. Drazner, D. W. Markham

“…Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an important community-acquired pathogen that can cause significant morbidity and mortality in patients who have compromised pulmonary function, are elderly, or are immunosuppressed. This paper describes a 70-year-old man with a remote history of heart transplantation who presented with signs and symptoms of pneumonia. …”
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Bardet-Biedl Syndrome with a Kidney Transplant, Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, and Postoperative Complications by Georgi Yankov, Teodora Mihalova, Rosen Petkov, Evgeni Mekov, Stefka Yankova, Danail Petrov

“…Seven months later, a rare complication of the immunosuppressive therapy with Cyclosporin A occurred, which consisted of spontaneous bilateral pleural hemorrhage. …”
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Management of Recurrent Rectourethral Fistula by York Mason Posterior Transrectal Transsphincteric Approach by Fahri Yetişir, A. Ebru Şarer, H. Zafer Acar, Omer Parlak, Gokhan Osmanoglu, Gulen Karalova

“…We would like to report the management of recurrent RUF following transurethral resection of prostate and RT for prostate carcinoma in an immunosuppressed, 75-year-old patient by York Mason posterior transrectal transsphincteric approach.…”
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Applications of polymeric nanoparticles in drug delivery for glioblastoma by Shuhan Liu, Shuhan Liu, Shuhan Liu, Shuhan Liu, Bin Tan, Feng Wang, Feng Wang, Ying Yu

“…Recent advances in targeted delivery and multifunctional polymer highlight their potential to overcome the challenges that GBM brought, such as heterogeneity of the tumor, BBB limitation, immunosuppressive TME, and consideration of biocompatibility and safety. …”
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Detecting Methotrexate in Pediatric Patients Using Artificial Neural Networks by Alejandro Medina Santiago, Jorge Iván Bermúdez Rodríguez, Jorge Antonio Orozco Torres, Julio Alberto Guzmán Rabasa, José Manuel Villegas Izaguirre, Gladys Falconi Alejandro

“…Methotrexate is an antimetabolic agent with proliferative and immunosuppressive activity. It has been demonstrated to be an effective treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children. …”
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Desquamative interstitial pneumonia: If there is smoke there is fire by Amit Panjwani, Husain Kadhem, Saadeya Naji Abdulkarim, Umesh Nabar

“…We present a rare case of DIP in a nonsmoker, who was initially labeled as idiopathic ILD but eventually evolved into IPAF and exhibited a good response to immunosuppressive treatment.…”
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Parkinsonism and Sjögren’s Syndrome: A Fortuitous Association or a Shared Immunopathogenesis? by Mariem Kchaou, Nadia Ben Ali, Intissar Hmida, Saloua Fray, Hela Jamoussi, Mohamed Jalleli, Slim Echebbi, Afef Achouri, Samir Belal

“…The diagnosis of primary SS was established and the adjunction of corticotherapy has remarkably improved Parkinson’s signs without use of other immunosuppressive agents. Conclusion. Based on these findings, we discuss the hypothesis of either a causal link between SS and Parkinsonism or a fortuitous association of two distinct pathologies with or without a shared immunopathogenesis.…”
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Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture by Freek J. Zijlstra, Ineke van den Berg-de Lange, Frank J. P. M. Huygen, Jan Klein

“…Mechanisms underlying the ascribed immunosuppressive actions of acupuncture are reviewed in this communication. …”
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High Grade Glioma Mimicking Voltage Gated Potassium Channel Complex Associated Antibody Limbic Encephalitis by Dilan Athauda, R. S. Delamont, E. De Pablo-Fernandez

“…Clinicoradiological progression despite effective immunosuppressive treatment should prompt clinicians to look for alternative diagnoses. …”
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A Rare Cause of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: Fusobacterium Infection—A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Ghulam Rehman Mohyuddin, Heather J. Male

“…Our case highlights Fusobacterium as a rare precipitant of HLH and proves that a high index of clinical suspicion is crucial for early diagnosis of HLH, allowing for prompt initiation of HLH-specific immunosuppressive therapy that can be life-saving.…”
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Atypical Presentation of Kimura’s Disease in a Male Patient: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Zahra A. Natsha, Islam A. Hamarsheh, Rawan S. Utt, Bassam Abu Alrob, Adnan A. Wahdan

“…The patient was managed with steroids and an immunosuppressant (Azathioprine) with a moderate response for two years. …”
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Adult Dermatomyositis with Bleeding Ulcer in the Pharynx by Junko Kusano, Yuka Takahashi, Yoshikata Misaki, Norihiko Murai

“…Despite medical treatment with corticosteroids and immunosuppressive agents, her DM progressed rapidly, leading to exacerbation of the dysphagia. …”
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Expert insights on Hodgkin’s lymphoma development in an activated PI3K delta syndrome patient undergoing leniolisib treatment by Francesca Conti, Francesca Conti, Mattia Moratti, Mattia Moratti, Elena Sabattini, Pier Luigi Zinzani, Pier Luigi Zinzani

“…Management of APDS is complex and variable due to the heterogeneous nature of the disease and ranges from antimicrobial and immunosuppressant agents to haematopoetic stem cell transplantation. …”
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Eales’ Disease: When the Rare Sounds Frequent by Beatriz Oliveira Lopes, Margarida Sena Brízido, Ana Isabel Reis, Margarida Maria Miranda, Susana Morais Pina

“…Therapeutic approach included antituberculosis therapy and systemic steroids, associated or not to immunosuppressive therapy, and retinal scatter photocoagulation in all cases. …”
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Varicella-Zoster Meningitis in an Immunocompetent Male without Fever or Rash by Raju Raghunathan, Qasim Khalil, Mohamad Mooty

“…Following the primary infection, VZV can remain latent and can reactivate decades later to produce Zoster, being more common in the elderly as well as immunosuppressed individuals. The diagnosis of both the primary and reactivation is mostly clinical from the typical rash. …”
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