A Case Series on the Spectrum of Complications Observed in Kyasanur Forest Disease.

Background Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) has emerged as an important differential diagnosis of febrile illness for physicians caring for patients in the Western Ghats of South India over the last decade.  Aim This study seeks to familiarize physicians with the clinical presentation and the clinical, laboratory and imaging findings of the various complications of KFD. It also seeks to review the literature on the complications of KFD described.

A fulminant pneumonia due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae - Case report and literature review.

Fulminant pneumonia due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae [MP] is quite rare even though there is a high prevalence of Mycoplasma species infection in the general population. We report a case of an atypical pneumonia with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae in a young female and the clinical challenges encountered along with the current literature review.