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BMC Infect Dis
January 2025
Department of Oncology, General Hospital of Western Theatre Command, No. 270, Tianhui Road, Rongdu Avenue, Jinniu District, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610000, People's Republic of China.
Background: Nocardia are widely present in nature and considered opportunistic pathogens. They can result in hematogenous spread infection through the ruptured skin or respiratory tract when the host's immune system is compromised. Currently, 119 species of Nocardia have been identified, with 54 capable of causing infections in humans.
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January 2025
Ophthalmology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India.
Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) is a known side effect of systemic steroid therapy. The role of intravitreal steroids in causing CSC is controversial. We present two cases of acute CSC that developed after intravitreal steroid injections.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRinsho Ketsueki
January 2025
Department of Hematology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University.
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is less common in autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) recipients than in allogeneic SCT recipients. However, some cases of severe GVHD, especially involving the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, have been documented. We present a patient with primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) exhibiting severe GI-GVHD after ASCT with busulfan/thiotepa conditioning.
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January 2025
From the Departments of Medicine (J.S.T., A.J.) and Pathology (V.E.K.), Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Departments of Medicine (J.S.T., A.J.) and Pathology (V.E.K.), Harvard Medical School - both in Boston.
Cureus
December 2024
Internal Medicine, Unidade Local de Saúde de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Chaves, PRT.
Fever is a classic reason for hospital visits, sometimes requiring admission. Its etiologies are numerous, ranging from simple and relatively common conditions to rare and complex pathologies, for which the differential diagnosis can present a true challenge for internists. A 78-year-old healthy female is referred to the emergency department due to marked fatigue for the past four months, with no other symptoms.
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