A rare case of pulmonary cryptosporidiosis associated with pulmonary tuberculosis in a patient with advanced HIV infection.

Cryptosporidium spp., an important food and waterborne protozoan pathogen, can cause severe diarrhea and extraintestinal manifestations in immunocompromised individuals. The case of a 75 -years old patient diagnosed as a late presenter with advanced HIV infection and multiple opportunistic illnesses associated to HIV: cryptosporidiosis, intestinal and pulmonary, Cytomegalovirus colitis and pulmonary tuberculosis is presented.

Incidence of symptomatic Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infection in Romania, 2018-2023.

Background: Lyme borreliosis (LB), caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (Bbsl), is the most common tick-borne disease in Europe. Although public health surveillance for LB has been conducted in Romania since 2007, the extent of under-detection of Bbsl infections by LB surveillance has not been estimated. We therefore estimated the under-detection of symptomatic Bbsl infections by LB surveillance to better understand the LB burden in Romania.

Serological evidence of human exposure to foodborne zoonotic parasites in Romanian patients and possible association with food habits and hygiene.

Humans may become accidental dead-end hosts for a series of zoonotic foodborne parasites, of which , spp., spp., and are of major public health interest, due to their potential pathological implications.

The Impact of Long COVID on the Quality of Life.

: The term long COVID refers to patients with a history of confirmed COVID-19 infection, who present symptoms that last for at least 2 months and cannot be explained by another diagnosis. Objectives: The present study aims to determine the most common symptoms of the long COVID syndrome and their impact on the quality of life. : A prospective observational study was conducted on patients diagnosed with mild and moderate COVID-19 (based on a positive SARS-CoV-2 molecular diagnostic or rapid antigen test and severity form definition) at the Clinical Hospital of Infectious Diseases, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

VEGF Polymorphisms (, and ) and Cardiovascular Implications in Long COVID Patients.

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised awareness of the virus's long-term non-pulmonary consequences. This study examined the relationship between genetic polymorphisms of VEGF and cardiac dysfunction and subclinical atherosclerosis in patients recovering from COVID-19. This study included 67 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19.