[Clinical case : Prevascular mediastinal mass].

In the event of a prevascular mediastinal mass, knowledge of the anatomy and content of the mediastinum is an essential prerequisite to establish a differential diagnosis. The «4T» rule is applicable because it is a simple and effective mnemonic. It groups together; thyroid goiter, terrible lymphoma, teratoma and thymoma.

Severe dual fungal infection after bispecific antibody therapy: A case of invasive aspergillosis and mucormycosis in immunocompromised patient.

Bispecific antibody is a new treatment for hematological disease, especially for lymphoma, myeloma and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. This class of treatment presents the same kind of side effect as CAR-T cell which are immune-mediated. Nevertheless, infectious complication remains a major concerns with related mortality.

Overall Survival Rate in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplanted Patients Requiring Intensive Care Can Be Predicted by the Prognostic Index for Critically Ill Allogeneic Transplantation Patients (PICAT) and the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) Scores.

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HCT) recipients requiring intensive care unit (ICU) have high mortality rates. In the current study, we retrospectively assessed whether the Prognostic Index for Critically Ill Allogeneic Transplantation patients (PICAT) score predicted overall survival in a cohort of 111 consecutive allo-HCT recipients requiring ICU. Survival rates at 30 days and 1 year after ICU admission were 57.

Exploring the link between innate immune activation and thymic function by measuring sCD14 and TRECs in HIV patients living in Belgium.

Microbial translocation is now viewed as a central event in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammation during HIV infection. Thymic function failure is another crucial factor involved in HIV disease progression. The goal of this study was to explore the hypothesis of potential links between microbial translocation and thymic function in HIV-1 patients living in Belgium.

sCD14 is not a bona-fide biomarker of microbial translocation in HIV-1-infected Africans living in Belgium.

Objective: To compare microbial translocation and its biomarkers in HIV-1-infected African and White patients of the Liège AIDS Reference Center.

Design: The study is based on a cross-sectional dataset of HIV-infected patients treated at the Liège AIDS Reference Center. Groups of white and African patients have been randomly selected to be identical for sex, age and duration of treatment.