Fungemia in COVID-19 ICU patients, a single medical center experience.

A known proportion of patients who are admitted for the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) requires intensive care unit (ICU) level of care. Prolonged ICU stay is a risk factor for the development of nosocomial candidemia. The current study aimed to investigate the incidence and risk factors associated with the development of nosocomial candidemia among patients admitted to the ICU for COVID-19.

Follicular Bronchiolitis: Two Cases with Varying Clinical and Radiological Presentation.

Follicular bronchiolitis (FB) is a rare bronchiolar disorder associated with hyperplasia of the bronchial-associated lymphoid tissue (BALT). It is characterized by the development of lymphoid follicles with germinal centers in the walls of small airways. It falls under the category of lymphoproliferative pulmonary diseases (LPDs) and commonly occurs in relation to connective tissue disease, immunodeficiency, infections, interstitial lung disease (ILD), and inflammatory airway diseases.

Scientific progress in heart and lung failure, mechanical circulatory support, and transplantation: highlights from the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.

At the Thirty-third Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (Montréal, Quebec, Canada), a joint session between the Junior Faculty Council members and the editorial consultants of the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation took place to summarize recently published impacting publications in the Journal. The topics reviewed were mechanical circulatory support, heart transplantation, lung transplantation, pulmonary hypertension and pediatrics. The cooperative presentations has been formulated into the present report.