Mesenchymal Hamartoma in Children: A Diagnostic Challenge by Muhammad Rehan Khan, Larry A. Binkovitz, Thomas C. Smyrk, D. Dean Potter, Katryn N. Furuya

“…He was diagnosed with pneumonia initially and treated with antibiotics. A computed tomography (CT) scan done for evaluation of his persistent abdominal pain demonstrated a hepatic mass. …”
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Herpes Simplex Virus Type II Infection of Ileum Mesothelium: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by SAC Medlicott, VG Falck, KB Laupland, M Akbari, PL Beck

“…Dissemination of symptomatic HSV pneumonia was verified by histology, immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, polymerase chain reaction and direct fluorescence antibody. …”
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MODES OF SARS-COV-2 TRANSMISSION by Nilesh D. Patel, Kairavi J. Desai, Shirishkumar M. Patel

“…Background: On 12th December 2019, pneumonia of unknown etiology was reported in number of human cases from Wuhan, central China. …”
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A Case of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lung That Produced Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor and Interleukin-6 by Nobuhiro Takeuchi, Kento Yamamoto, Kazuyoshi Naba

“…She died from interstitial pneumonia exacerbation two months after this diagnosis. …”
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A Concise Review and Required Precautions for COVID-19 Outbreak in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology by Ali Kord, Behnam Rabiee, Siwen Wang, Sara Rostami, Ron C. Gaba, Karen L. Xie

“…A global outbreak of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pneumonia began in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced a pandemic on March 11, 2020. …”
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Case Report: Innovative anesthetic approaches for whole lung lavage in an infant with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis by Jiaxiang Chen, Xiaoli Shi, Youbing Tu, Yuanzhen Chen, Xueqing Wang, Jing Shen, Liang Xu, Ligang Meng

“…However, the use of a bronchial blocker (BB) in infant WLL has not been previously reported.Case descriptionThis study reports the anesthesia management of a 12-month-old infant diagnosed with secondary PAP, complicated by severe pneumonia and patent ductus arteriosus. The child presented with respiratory failure requiring WLL. …”
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Understanding the impact of triazoles on female fertility and embryo development: Mechanisms and implications by Sonal Sharma, Geeta Pandey

“…Triazoles are also frequently used in the pharmaceutical industry to treat fungal and bacterial infections as well as to treat and prevent some forms of pneumonia. Humans are normally exposed to triazoles through food, water, and medications, which raises concerns about their potential adverse effects on health. …”
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Atrial Fibrillation after Inhalational Lung Injury: A Troubling Complication of a Rare Problem by Ragesh Panikkath, Kenneth Nugent, Alejandro Perez-Verdia

“…Atrial fibrillation (AF) has been associated with lung diseases like pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease but has only infrequently been associated with inhalational lung injury. …”
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A Silent Infection Pandemic of COVID-19: Epidemiological Investigation and Hypothetical Models by Jianping Geng, Jun Yu, Tao Lu, Yinhe Wang, Yang Cao

“…A 19-year-old healthy female COVID-19 virus carrier without any symptoms caused two mild and one severe pneumonia. In hypothetical models, the silent infection rate ranges from 60% to 80% based on 3 sources: China mainland, evacuation of 4 nationals, and the ship “Diamond Princess,” respectively. …”
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Concomitant Administration of Vancomycin with a High Dose of Meropenem May Cause Acute Kidney Injury by Yoshiro Sakai, Seiji Karakawa, Takato Koutaki, Kyoko Higuchi, Aya Hashimoto, Hiroshi Watanabe

“…The patient underwent surgery and antibiotic treatment between 63 and 66 years for suspected meningitis and pneumonia. Coadministration of vancomycin with high-dose meropenem (6.0 g/day) caused AKI; however, no AKI occurred when vancomycin was administered alone or with a low dose of meropenem (1.5 or 3.0 g/day). …”
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Cervicofacial cellulitis complicated by a false lingual artery aneurysm: A very rare complication by Hajar El Bhali, MD, Marouane Kaibech, MD, Zakaria Bourfoune, MD, Wijdane Kourriche, MD, Safae Mouhanie, MD, Amine Azghari, MD

“…It is often complicated by pneumonia, mediastinitis and hemodynamic failure. Vascular complications are very rare. …”
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A Rare Case of HHV-8 Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in a Stable HIV Patient by Nonso Osakwe, Diane Johnson, Natalie Klein, Dalia Abdel Azim

“…A 70-year-old Asian male patient with history of stable HIV on medications with CD 4 cell count above 200 presented with cough and fever and was initially treated for pneumonia as an outpatient. Persisting symptoms prompted presentation to the hospital. …”
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A Rare Case of Mediastinal Bronchogenic Cyst Infected by Salmonella enteritidis by Jasleen Kaur, Philip J. McDonald, Ravinder D. Bhanot, Reda A. Awali, Sorabh Dhar, James Rowley

“…We present the case of a 46-year-old female with known history of bronchogenic cyst who presented with suspected postobstructive pneumonia. She underwent cyst excision with culture positive for Salmonella enteritidis, an extremely rare finding on review of the literature. …”
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Dengue and Scrub Typhus Co-infection at a Tertiary Care Centre in Nepal: A Case Series in Pediatric Patients by Sriram KC, Bulbul Pradhan, Inesh Khanal, Aakripa Rani Shrestha

“…Two patients presented with hepatosplenomegaly, one with severe rash, and another with pneumonia-like symptoms. Laboratory findings confirmed coinfection, and management included IV antibiotics, antipyretics, and supportive management. …”
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Life-Threatening Intrapulmonary Hemorrhage due to Vancomycin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: A Case Report by Haneen Abdalhadi, Yazan Fahmawi, Abhijin Das, Brian Fouty

“…A 52-year-old male patient with acute kidney injury was treated with Vancomycin for ventilator-associated pneumonia. Three days later, his platelets decreased from 172×109/L to 3×109/L over a 36-hour period. …”
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A Case of Prolonged Cholestatic Hepatitis Induced by Azithromycin in a Young Woman by Caterina Maggioli, Luca Santi, Giacomo Zaccherini, Vittoria Bevilacqua, Francesca Giunchi, Paolo Caraceni

“…Azithromycin, a semisynthetic macrolides, is frequently prescribed for the treatment of middle ear and upper respiratory tract infections, bronchitis, and community-acquired pneumonia. This antibiotic is usually well tolerated, and a rapid resolving cholestatic hepatitis has been described up to now only in six patients all, except one, over 65 years of age. …”
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Defining and measuring suspicion of sepsis: an analysis of routine data by Charles Vincent, Bethan Page, Matthew Inada-Kim, Imran Maqsood

“…Urinary tract infection was the most common diagnosis and lobar pneumonia was associated with the most deaths. A short list of 10 diagnoses can account for 85% of the deaths.Conclusions Patients with SOS can be identified in routine administrative data. …”
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Green synthesis, characterization, and antibacterial activity investigation of zinc oxide nanoparticles using Rumex Nervosus Vahl Leaf extract by Tadesse Bizuayehu, Bidir Kassaw, Mihret Kendie

“…The in vitro antibacterial activities of the synthesized nanoparticles were tested on two Gram-positive (Bacillus, and S. aureus) and two Gram-negative (E. coli, and K. pneumonia) bacteria strains using the disc diffusion method. …”
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Euglycemic Ketoacidosis in a Patient with Metastatic Non-Small-Cell Lung Adenocarcinoma and Concomitant Pulmonary Embolism by Robert Sean O’Neill, Lauren Tyack, Mary Freeman, Hussein Soudy Hussein

“…The diagnosis was complicated by a pulmonary embolism and hospital-acquired pneumonia, and was subsequently established after an anion-gap metabolic acidosis was identified on arterial blood gas and serum ketone measurement. …”
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Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Fluorinated 2-Styrylchromones as Antibacterial Agents by Mehbub Momin, Deresh Ramjugernath, Hafizah Chenia, Neil A. Koorbanally

“…A range of fluorinated 2-styrylchromones (5a–g) of which six were new (5a–f) were prepared in three steps using the Baker-Venkataraman rearrangement along with two methoxylated derivatives (5h-i) and a methylenedioxy derivative (5j) and screened for their antibacterial activity using Gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, sciuri, and xylosus as well as Bacillus subtilis) and Gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Klebsiella pneumonia). The compounds were most effective against B. subtilis followed by S. aureus and a single strain of E. coli (ATCC 25922). …”
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