Rat Bite Fever Resembling Rheumatoid Arthritis by Ripa Akter, Paul Boland, Peter Daley, Proton Rahman, Nayef Al Ghanim

“…Rat bite fever is a potentially curable infection but can have a lethal course if left untreated.…”
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Inflammation, immunity, and vaccines by R. Gong, M. Gerhard

“…Helicobacter pylori, the most common gastric infection in the world, causes gastritis, peptic ulcers, and gastric cancer. …”
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COVID-19: Gastrointestinal Manifestations and Complications by Angel Yun-Kuan Thye, Priyia Pusparajah, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Vengadesh Letchumanan, Learn-Han Lee

“…This suggests that SARS-CoV-2 can infect the digestive system, serving as another route of transmission. …”
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Psychosis as an Isolated Manifestation of COVID-19 in Non-Demented Patients with Parkinson's Disease: Clinical Cases and Literature Review by G. Lokominaitė, R. Kaladytė Lokominienė

“…Patients with Parkinson's disease may develop psychosis during COVID-19 infection. According to our observation, psychotic disorder seems to be an isolated manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Parkinson's disease. …”
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Vaginal Microbiota and the Use of Probiotics by Sarah Cribby, Michelle Taylor, Gregor Reid

“…The microbiota can change composition rapidly, for reasons that are not fully clear. This can lead to infection or to a state in which organisms with pathogenic potential coexist with other commensals. …”
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Amebic Encephalitis in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia on Ibrutinib Therapy by Ensi Voshtina, Huiya Huang, Renju Raj, Ehab Atallah

“…Amebic encephalitis is a highly lethal CNS infection, and it is important for clinicians to recognize early on the potential for infection in patients on ibrutinib therapy presenting with CNS symptoms.…”
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Pneumocystis Pneumonia Presenting as an Enlarging Solitary Pulmonary Nodule by Krunal Bharat Patel, James Benjamin Gleason, Maria Julia Diacovo, Nydia Martinez-Galvez

“…Pneumocystis pneumonia is a life threatening infection that usually presents with diffuse bilateral ground-glass infiltrates in immunocompromised patients. …”
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New insights into constitutive neutrophil death by Tong Chen, Qian Ren, Fengxia Ma

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Helicobacter pylori and T Helper Cells: Mechanisms of Immune Escape and Tolerance by Tiziana Larussa, Isabella Leone, Evelina Suraci, Maria Imeneo, Francesco Luzza

“…Helicobacter pylori colonizes the gastric mucosa of at least half of the human population, causing a worldwide infection that appears in early childhood and if not treated, it can persist for life. …”
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Une bactérie multirésistante avant l’ère des antibiotiques : l’agent de la mélioïdose by Buisson, Yves

“…B. pseudomallei is a facultative intracellular bacterium that can overcome host immune defences, induce acute, subacute, or chronic invasive infection, or remain latent for years. The acute infection is polymorphic, bacteraemic in more than 50% of cases, frequently complicated by shock, and revealed by visceral abscesses, most often pulmonary. …”
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Adhesion of Neisseria meningitidis to dermal vessels leads to local vascular damage and purpura in a humanized mouse model. by Keira Melican, Paula Michea Veloso, Tiffany Martin, Patrick Bruneval, Guillaume Duménil

“…Importantly, infection also led to local vascular damage with hemostasis, thrombosis, vascular leakage and finally purpura in the grafted skin, replicating the clinical presentation for the first time in an animal model. …”
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Invasive Listeriosis of Intracardiac Device by Prerna Sharma, Mohamed Yassin

“…Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne pathogen which can cause invasive infection in immunocompromised adults. Listeria has been known to cause infections during pregnancy and in older adults. …”
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Does Open Reduction in Intramedullary Nailing of Femur Shaft Fractures Adversely Affect the Outcome? A Retrospective Study by Syed Imran Ghouri, Abduljabbar Alhammoud, Mohammed Mubarak Alkhayarin

“…The operation time was shorter in the closed groups, and no difference in the time to union was observed between two groups. No infection was found in the two groups. Conclusions. …”
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Update on Babesiosis by Edouard Vannier, Peter J. Krause

“…Episodic cases are reported in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America. The severity of infection ranges from asymptomatic infection to fulminant disease resulting in death, although the majority of healthy adults experience a mild-to-moderate illness. …”
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COVID-19 in Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease by Lama A Ammar, Joseph E Nassar, Fadi Bitar, Mariam Arabi

“…Patients with CHD are at a higher risk of mortality from COVID-19 infection or suffering worse complications. While the anatomic complexity of CHD does not seem to predict the severity of infection, patients with worse physiological stages are more susceptible such as cyanosis and pulmonary hypertension. …”
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P-ANCA Systemic Vasculitis Induced by Brucellosis in an Elderly Male Patient by Mohammed Cheikh, Abdulrahman Kabli, Esraa Sendi, Hani Almoallim

“…One of the most prevalent causes of vasculitis is bacterial infection. An infection that causes anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) is uncommon and not reported frequently. …”
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Atomistic simulations of PAP248-286 peptide oligomerization by A.O. Nikitina, A.R. Yulmetov, A.M. Kusova, V.V. Klochkov, D.S. Blokhin

“…Amyloid fibrils, dubbed SEVI (semen-derived enhancer of virus infection), contribute to the spread of HIV infection. …”
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Quantitative LAMP and PCR Detection of Salmonella in Chicken Samples Collected from Local Markets around Pathum Thani Province, Thailand by Virun Vichaibun, Panan Kanchanaphum

“…Salmonella is a bacterium that infects people when they consume contaminated food or liquids. …”
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Neurological impact of HIV/AIDS and substance use alters brain function and structure by James Haorah, Samikkannu Malaroviyam, Hemavathi Iyappan, Thangavel Samikkannu

“…Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is the cause of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). …”
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Bacteremia due to Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides in a Patient with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Kazuko Ino, Kazunori Nakase, Kei Suzuki, Akiko Nakamura, Atsushi Fujieda, Naoyuki Katayama

“…Leuconostoc species are vancomycin-resistant Gram-positive cocci. Infections due to Leuconostoc species have been reported in various immunocompromised patients, but little is known about such infection in patients with hematologic malignancies. …”
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