Massive bilateral grade IV emphysematous pyelonephritis: Case report.

Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a severe disease of the renal system in which gas formed by facultative anaerobe microorganisms accumulates, being the most representative causative agent. A series of conditions foster its development including uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, diabetic nephropathy and obstructive uropathy. Abdominal CT scan continues to be the gold standard for diagnosis.

Monkeypox and its broad clinical spectrum in immunocompromised patients: Two case reports.

Monkeypox is the latest reemerging zoonosis worldwide. Anyone is susceptible to contracting this infection; however, the clinical presentation may be atypical in a particularly vulnerable group that identifies as men who have sex with men. Herein, we present two cases of patients diagnosed with monkeypox infection, both of whom were also co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and exhibited different degrees of immunosuppression.

Pneumomediastinum and air leaks secondary to COVID-19: Expectant vs. invasive management of a rare complication.

Several alterations that, due to their pathophysiology, are collectively classified as "air leaks", have been rare complications of COVID-19 pneumonia. In the context of infection by SARS-CoV-2, the debate arises as to whether these are classified as spontaneous or secondary, since the multiple mechanisms of pulmonary structural damage that COVID-19 entails condition lung fragility in a patient in short time. For the above, we presents the case of a 36-year-old female patient with COVID-19 complicated with pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema in order to illustrate and discuss these complications.

[Immune thrombocytopenia secondary to COVID-19: a case report].

Background: The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which emerged in late 2019 in Wuhan province, China, has shown a wide spectrum of manifestations, some of which it shares with some autoimmune disorders. Until now, the association of SARS-CoV-2 with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is poorly understood, since the mechanisms that explain the complex relationship between these two prothrombotic states are still unknown.

Clinical Case: It is presented the case of a 66-year-old woman, with no chronic disease history, who arrived at the Emergency Department due to respiratory symptoms.