Burden of primary influenza and respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia in hospitalised adults: insights from a 2-year multi-centre cohort study (2017-2018).

Background: Viral community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a potentially serious illness, particularly in adult patients with underlying chronic conditions. In addition to the most recent SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are considered the most relevant causes of viral CAP.

Aims: To describe the clinical features of hospitalised adults admitted for influenza-A/B and RSV pneumonia and analyse, according to aetiology, factors associated with non-invasive ventilation (NIV) failure and in-hospital death (IHD).

Acute liver failure due to radiographically occult infiltration of urothelial cancer.

Introduction: Acute liver failure (ALF) due to diffuse infiltrating solid malignancy without any focal lesions on radiographic imaging is rare.

Case Report: A 70-year-old man was admitted due to mental confusion, abdominal pain, and ALF. Three years before, he had undergone a left nephrectomy for urothelial carcinoma followed by adjuvant chemotherapy.

Severity of RSV infection in Southern European elderly patients during two consecutive winter seasons (2017-2018).

In Europe, the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) surveillance system is very heterogeneous and there is growing evidence of the importance of RSV infections resulting in hospitalization of elderly patients. The aim of this study was to assess the severity of RSV infection in the elderly living in the aged Southern European countries. We conducted a retrospective study of elderly patients ( ≥65-year old) admitted for laboratory-confirmed RSV infection in three tertiary hospitals in Portugal, Italy, and Cyprus over two consecutive winter seasons (2017-2018).

Comparative virulence of seasonal viruses responsible for lower respiratory tract infections: a southern European multi-centre cohort study of hospital admissions.

Objectives: Our study aimed to compare the clinical severity of lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI's) caused by Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV).

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of LRTI admissions with positive PCR results for Influenza or RSV from 2017 to 2019 in three teaching hospitals in southern Europe. Data on clinical characteristics, viral agents and disease outcome were collected.

Influenza and respiratory syncytial virus infections in the oldest-old continent.

SARS-CoV-2 dramatically revealed the sudden impact of respiratory viruses in our lives. Influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections are associated with high rates of morbidity, mortality, and an important burden on healthcare systems worldwide, especially in elderly patients. The aim of this study was to identify severity predictors in the oldest-old admitted with influenza and/or RSV infections.

Weil's disease in a young homeless man living in Lisbon.

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease of worldwide distribution caused by infection with genus bacteria, a pathogenic spirochaete. We present the case of a 29-year-old man admitted to our hospital with fever and multiorgan failure. He provided poor information about his symptoms.

Recurrent Infection Causing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)-Related Endocarditis.

Unlabelled: The authors report the case of an 86-year-old woman presenting with recurrent bacteraemia. She had severe aortic stenosis submitted to a recent transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Initially, bacteraemia from a urinary source was diagnosed.

Hepatic hydrothorax: indwelling catheter-related infection.

Hepatic hydrothorax, a rare and debilitating complication of cirrhosis, carries high morbidity and mortality. First-line treatment consists of dietary sodium restriction and diuretic therapy. Some patients, mainly those who are refractory to medical management, will require invasive pleural drainage.

Infections on the rise: Raoultella spp., clinical and microbiological findings from a retrospective study, 2010-2014.

We performed a retrospective analysis of clinical and laboratory data over 5 years in a tertiary centre to assess clinical and microbiological characteristics of patients with Raoultella spp. infection. Raoultella spp.