Publications by authors named "Maria Stougianni"
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- The report discusses a case of a 48-year-old patient with pre-extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR tb) who died from myocarditis following a complex treatment regimen.
- The patient's history of poor adherence to medication resulted in acquired resistance to both first- and second-line drugs, complicating her condition.
- This case highlights a potentially lethal side effect of drug treatment for resistant tb, urging clinicians to be vigilant about the risk of drug-induced myocarditis in similar patients.
COVID-19 might present with a wide range of clinical manifestations, from mild respiratory distress to severe multi-organ dysfunction. We present a unique case of complex COVID-19 presentation in a 45-year-old female who initially developed general symptoms such as fever, cough, headache, and weakness, which escalated to coma, requiring intubation and ICU admission. A brain MRI revealed lesions compatible with encephalitis, the cause of which remained unexplained after an in-depth clinical, laboratory, and imaging investigation.
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