A Case for Doxycycline as an Effective Treatment for Confluent and Reticulated Papillomatosis (CARP) by Aishwarya Sharma, Deborah Moon, Dong Joo Kim

“…Minocycline is considered the drug of choice, but it is not without its host of potential side effects, including drug hypersensitivity, drug-induced lupus/vasculitis/hepatitis, blue-gray skin hyperpigmentation, acute eosinophilic pneumonia, pseudotumor cerebri, and vestibular instability, among others. …”
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Tunnel Vision: A Novel Approach for Blood Clot Retrieval Using Cryotherapy through a Flexible Bronchoscope by Fernando Figueroa Rodriguez, Parminder Minhas, Houssein A. Youness

“…We present a case of a 72-year-old man who presented with COVID-19 pneumonia and respiratory failure, requiring intubation and proning. …”
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2019-nCoV Transmission in Hubei Province, China: Stochastic and Deterministic Analyses by Zhiming Li, Zhidong Teng, Changxing Ma

“…Currently, a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) causes an outbreak of viral pneumonia in Hubei province, China. In this paper, stochastic and deterministic models are proposed to investigate the transmission mechanism of 2019-nCoV from 15 January to 5 February 2020 in Hubei province. …”
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Vibrio vulnificus specie isolation in series blood culture. A case report. by Elio Jesús Núñez Tamayo, Susana Chamero Melgarejo, Julián Viera Yanez, Belkys Rodríguez Llerena, Nancy Ramírez Martínez, Dania Peñaranda Pordomingo, Annia Alvarado Borges

“…Thy symptoms were: oedema in lower limbs, orthopnea, chest pain that was interpreted as a case of pneumonia and a Myocardial Infarction. This patient progresses rapidly to cardiac arrest, is reanimated , and is admitted at the ICU with control pressuremetric ventilation. …”
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Acute Splenic Artery Thrombosis and Infarction Associated with COVID-19 Disease by Osama Qasim Agha, Ryan Berryman

“…The symptoms of COVID-19 can vary from mild upper respiratory symptoms to severe pneumonia with hypoxemic respiratory failure. Multiple studies and reports have reported a hypercoagulable state associated with this disease, and various recommendations have emerged to guide the use of anticoagulants for prophylaxis. …”
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Systemic Air Embolism Associated with Pleural Pigtail Chest Tube Insertion by Emad Alkhankan, Ahmad Nusair, Rida Mazagri, Mohammed Al-Ourani

“…In this case report, we present a 50-year-old male with bilateral pneumonia who developed a pneumothorax while on mechanical ventilation with continuous positive airway pressure mode. …”
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The Role of Pneumococcal Virulence Factors in Ocular Infectious Diseases by Angela H. Benton, Mary E. Marquart

“…Streptococcus pneumoniae is a gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic pathogen that can cause severe infections such as pneumonia, meningitis, septicemia, and middle ear infections. …”
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Actinomyces odontolyticus: Rare Etiology for Purulent Pericarditis by Ryan Mack, Kipp Slicker, Shekhar Ghamande, Salim R. Surani

“…Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumonia have been implicated as the main etiology of purulent pericardial effusion followed by fungi and anaerobic sources. …”
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Subdural Empyema Complicating Bacterial Meningitis: A Challenging Diagnosis in a Patient with Polysubstance Abuse by Melissa Dakkak, William Russell Cullinane, Virin Rajiv Neil Ramoutar

“…Clinicians must be vigilant of the onset of focal neurologic deficits or seizure activity to establish the diagnosis of SDE. Streptococcus pneumoniae accounts for <1% of pyogenic brain abscesses. …”
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Course of COVID-19 in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Regional Experience by L. M. Kupkenova, E. N. Belousova, E. S. Bodryagina, D. D. Mukhametova, A. Kh. Odintsova, D. G. Iskhakova, D. I. Abdulganieva

“…In patients with IBD, the development of viral pneumonia was influenced by known risk factors for COVID-19: age over 55 years (p &lt; 0.05, odds ratio (OR) 3.153), increased BMI (p &lt; 0.05, OR 1.667), hypertension  (p &lt; 0.05, OR 2.724), diabetes (p &lt; 0.05, OR 1.489), as well as the use of systemic corticosteroids (p &lt; 0.05, OR 1.5).…”
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Enhanced penetration and biofilm eradication by sophorolipid micelles encapsulating Honokiol: a comprehensive solution for biofilm-associated lung infections by Shiyu Lin, Xiaojuan Li, Wei Zhang, Gang Shu, Tim Tolker-Nielsen, Haohuan Li, Funeng Xu, Juchun Lin, Guangneng Peng, Li Zhang, Hualin Fu

“…Biofilm infections are as predominant in acute pneumonia as in chronic cases, inducing similar lung inflammation. …”
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The Spectrum of Pulmonary Disease in Patients with HIV Infection by Julio Sg Montaner, Leila Spour, Carlos Zala

“…Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) and Kaposi’s sarcoma were the harbingers of the HIV epidemic more than 10 years ago. …”
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Pathology of Red Blood Cells in Patients with SARS-CoV-2 by Sona Hakobyan, Lina Hakobyan, Liana Abroyan, Aida Avetisyan, Hranush Avagyan, Nane Bayramyan, Lyudmila Niazyan, Mher Davidyants, Knarik Sargsyan, Tehmine Ghalechyan, Anna Semerjyan, Elena Karalova, Zaven Karalyan

“…<b>Methods:</b> Patients were classified into four groups based on clinical criteria: Group 1: Regular group (fever, respiratory symptoms, and radiographic evidence of pneumonia). Group 2: Severe group (shortness of breath >30 breaths/min, peripheral blood oxygen saturation <92% at rest, extensive pneumonia, respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation, and/or organ failure necessitating intensive care). …”
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Evaluation of Chest CT Scan as a Screening and Diagnostic Tool in Trauma Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Cross-Sectional Study by Hossein Abdolrahimzadeh Fard, Salahaddin Mahmudi-Azer, Sepideh Sefidbakht, Pooya Iranpour, Shahram Bolandparvaz, Hamid Reza Abbasi, Shahram Paydar, Golnar Sabetian, Mohamad Mahdi Mahmoudi, Masoume Zare, Leila Shayan, Maryam Salimi

“…Subsequently, the first two Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) categories with the highest probability of COVID-19 pneumonia (i.e., typical and indeterminate) were merged into the “positive CT scan group” and those with radiologic features with the least probability of COVID-19 pneumonia into “negative CT scan group.” …”
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Increased Mortality After Lower Extremity Amputation in a Danish Nationwide Cohort: The Mediating Role of Postoperative Complications by Brix ATH, Petersen TG, Nymark T, Schmal H, Lindberg-Larsen M, Rubin KH

“…A subsequent amputation results in increased mortality in the following year, but declined and normalized after the first year. Sepsis and pneumonia arising after the amputation appeared to be important factors that contributed to the increased postoperative mortality.Keywords: major lower extremity amputation, registry study, mediator analysis, mortality, nationwide…”
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Yunvjian decoction attenuates lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury by inhibiting NF-κB/NLRP3 pathway and pyroptosis by Fanxuan Zhang, Fang Wang, Lisha Zhao, Leqian Wang, Wenjing Li, Feihua Huang, Feihua Huang, Nani Wang, Nani Wang

“…IntroductionYunvjian (YNJ) decoction, a classic traditional Chinese medicine prescription for inflammatory diseases, has demonstrated good therapeutic effects in the clinical treatment of pneumonia. The aim of this study was to clarify the effective ingredients and mechanism of action of YNJ on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced acute lung injury (ALI).MethodsThe effects of YNJ were evaluated in a mouse model of LPS-induced ALI and in LPS-treated MLE-12 murine lung epithelial cells and RAW264.7 macrophages in vitro. …”
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Developmentally Delayed Male with Mincer Blade Obstructing the Oesophagus for a Period of Time Suspected to Be 6 Months by Christian Grønhøj Larsen, Birgitte Charabi

“…Six months prior to surgical intervention, the patient was hospitalized in a condition of sepsis and pneumonia where the thoracic X-ray reveals a foreign body in the proximal oesophagus. …”
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Central Pain and Complex Motoric Symptoms after Gosarelin Therapy of Prostate Cancer by G. Ernst, A. Gericke, P. Berg

“…Several treatment approaches failed and the patient died some weeks after the first contact with our pain clinic due to pneumonia.…”
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An Efficient Green Procedure for Synthesis of Some Fluorinated Curcumin Analogues Catalyzed by Calcium Oxide under Microwave Irradiation and Its Antibacterial Evaluation by S. Elavarasan, D. Bhakiaraj, T. Elavarasan, M. Gopalakrishnan

“…All the synthesized compounds have been characterized by FT-IR, MS, elemental analysis, and 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopic techniques and screened for antibacterial activities against Staphylococcus aureus, β-Heamolytic streptococcus, Shigella flexneri, Vibrio cholerae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Klebsiella pneumonia. All the synthesized compounds are showing good zone of inhibition against the tested bacterial strains.…”
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Constrictive Bronchiolitis and Ulcerative Colitis by Heather Ward, Kendra L Fisher, Ranjit Waghray, Jody L Wright, Sharon E Card, Donald W Cockcroft

“…Small airway disease, such as constrictive bronchiolitis or bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia, is less frequently reported, and is described as occurring in isolation from large airway disease. …”
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