Rifampicin-Induced Nephrotoxicity in a Tuberculosis Patient: Treatment Dilemma?

Unlabelled: Acute kidney injury related to rifampin is usually a clinical diagnosis. We report a case of a man being treated for pulmonary tuberculosis with acute tubulointerstitial nephritis related to rifampicin.

Learning Points: Rifampicin can cause acute kidney injury.

Thymoma and Tuberculoma: Unexpected Coexistence.

Unlabelled: Mediastinal tumours can be incidental findings on chest x-ray or present with systemic symptoms and/or direct effect of the mediastinal mass. We report the case of a woman with symptomatic thymoma B1 and simultaneous thymus tuberculosis.

Learning Points: The association of tuberculosis (TB) of the thymus and thymoma is extremely rare.

Pulmonary mucormycosis: A case report.

Mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection caused by Mucorales order fungi. The rhino-cerebral form of mucormycosis is most commonly seen in patients with diabetes mellitus, whereas, pulmonary mucormycosis is a rare manifestation in patients with haematological malignancy and transplant recipients. We report a case of pulmonary mucormycosis presenting with a late acute onset diabetes on a patient immunosuppressed with a low dose of steroids.

Botulism disguised as parotitis.

Botulism is an acute toxin-mediated neuroparalytic syndrome caused by some species. It typically presents itself as an acute symmetric descending paralysis of cranial and peripheral nerves, which can potentially evolve to respiratory failure and death. We report a case of botulism diagnosed in a patient presenting with a parotitis probably due to xerostomia, even though he had already sought medical assistance for blurred vision and dysphagia.