Publications by authors named "S Noirhomme"
Objectives: The aim of this retrospective study was to collect epidemiological, clinical, laboratory, imaging, management, and follow-up data on cases of alveolar echinococcosis (AE) diagnosed and/or followed up within the Namur Hospital Network (NHN) in order to gather information on the challenges, pitfalls, and overall experience in the diagnosis and treatment of AE.
Methods: EchiNam was a multicenter retrospective study. Patients diagnosed and/or treated for probable or confirmed AE in the NHN between 2002 and 2023 were included in the study.
An immunocompetent 82-year-old woman developed endocarditis caused by an atypical organism called Achromobacter xylosoxidans, after a first valvular surgery. The intravenous antibiotic therapy with ceftazidime - 2 g every 8 hours during five weeks - a key part of the treatment, induced agranulocytosis as an adverse event. Cross-reactivity between antibiotics was suspected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTuberculosis is one of the deadliest infectious disease. Its annual incidence was 10 million cases in 2019. We report the case of a 40 years old immunocompetent patient presenting with two large subcutaneous masses in his back.
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- Patients with solid cancer show higher in-hospital mortality rates (31.7%) from COVID-19 compared to those without cancer (20.0%) within 30 days of diagnosis.
- Younger cancer patients (<60 years) have a notably higher risk of mortality (aOR 3.84) than older patients or those with other comorbidities.
- The rate of severe events, including ICU admission and invasive ventilation, was similar between cancer patients and non-cancer patients (36.7% vs 28.8%), indicating that while mortality is higher, severe event occurrence may not significantly differ.
Introduction: Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) is a systemic necrotizing vasculitis associated with c-ANCA antibodies. The involvement of the central nervous system in WG is uncommon and usually caused by in situ vasculitis, intracranial granuloma formation or contiguous invasion from extracranial sites.
Case Report: Here, we report on a tumour-like expansion of a severe nasosinusal WG into the brain, which was confirmed by brain biopsy examination.