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This case report presents a rare occurrence of Sarcina ventriculi in a 15-year-old male patient with a clinical history of renal failure due to chronic rejection status post kidney transplantation, with persistent symptoms of diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and fatigue. Despite exhibiting normal gastrointestinal mucosa upon endoscopy, biopsy analysis revealed chronic gastritis accompanied by the presence of Sarcina ventriculi in a tetrad arrangement across the stomach, duodenum, and distal esophagus. Interestingly, immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining targeting the Helicobacter pylori organism (H.
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Department of General Surgery, Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, IND.
Enteroenteric fistula in the pediatric age group is an unusual presentation. It can create a diagnostic dilemma for the physician, particularly in the absence of any previous surgery, prolonged abdominal symptoms, or inflammatory bowel disease. The patient is a 10-year-old girl who presented with mild-grade fever, abdominal distension, scanty stool passage, and foul-smelling vomiting for the past 10 days.
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Department of Cardiology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan.
Unlabelled: Mitral annular calcification (MAC) is a chronic degenerative process involving the fibrous support structure of the mitral valve. The prevalence of this condition significantly increases with age, and is higher in patients with cardiovascular risk factors or end-stage renal disease. However, patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) may develop atherosclerosis and MAC at a relatively young age.
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Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, 2193, Johannesburg, South Africa; Department of Microbiology Laboratory, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, National Health Laboratory Service, 17 Jubilee Road, Parktown 2193, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Infections by non-O1/non-O139 serogroups of Vibrio cholerae (NOVC) are increasing worldwide. Infected patients usually display self-limiting diarrhoea or external ear and wound infections. We present a rare case of bacteraemia secondary to NOVC infection.
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Department of Radiology, Bichat Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 46 rue Henri Huchard, 75018 Paris, France; INSERM U1148, Paris, France; Paris University, Paris, France. Electronic address:
Unusual course of Serratia marcescens (SM) infectious endocarditis (IE) and literature review (2016-2024; 26 cases). A 44-year-old man, with chronic venous ulcers, presented 21/2 years after a MSSA tricuspid valve IE, a tricuspid and aortic valves SM IE . After 6 weeks of antibiotherapy (meropenem i.
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