Respiratory failure caused by lipoid pneumonia from vaping e-cigarettes.

A young female vaper presented with insidious onset cough, progressive dyspnoea on exertion, fever, night sweats and was in respiratory failure when admitted to hospital. Clinical examination was unremarkable. Haematological tests revealed only thrombocytopenia, which was long standing, and her biochemical and inflammatory markers were normal.

Different strokes for different folks.

A 42-year-old woman, presented to our emergency room with chief complaints of acute onset of dyspnea, left-sided chest pain, and respiratory distress. On arrival, she had blood pressure of 90/50 mm Hg, respiratory rate of 40/min, and oxygen saturation of 95% breathing on 10 L oxygen. She was in significant respiratory distress.

Leuconostoc garlicum: an unusual pathogen in the era of vancomycin therapy.

Leuconostoc garlicum, belonging to the family of Leuconostocaceae, is a catalase-negative, Gram-positive ovoid cocci, intrinsically resistant to vancomycin. Clinical infection by Leuconostoc garlicum is rare. We report a case of respiratory tract infection subsequent to vancomycin therapy.

Ultra-short course of low-dose amiodarone-induced post-operative fatal pulmonary toxicity.

A 58-year-old male diabetic patient with severe left ventricular dysfunction and pulmonary arterial hypertension successfully underwent coronary artery by pass grafting (CABG) and was extubated 48 hours after surgery. Patient had atrial fibrillation on 3rd post-operative day requiring loading dose of amiodarone followed by maintenance dose to control the arrhythmia. On 4th post operative day patient became tachypnoiec and required higher concentration of oxygen to maintain SpO2 >90%.

Tissue is issue: Not all masses are tumors.

Background: Tuberculosis can disguise itself in any form. Endobronchial tuberculosis usually presents in young adults. Endobronchial tumor-like presentation of tuberculosis (EBTB) is very rare and often mistaken as a malignancy.

Medical ablation of endobronchial mucormycosis with Amphotericin-B.

A 56 years male diabetic patient presented with recurrent left upper lobe pneumonia. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed extraluminal compression of left main bronchus with an endobronchial mass obstructing the left upper lobe orifice. The lesion resembled bronchial adenoma.