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Epstein-Barr Virus-Induced Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: A Case Report of a Rare and Life-Threatening Syndrome.
Cureus
December 2024
Internal Medicine Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare, life-threatening syndrome of excessive immune activation, leading to severe inflammation and organ damage. While more common in infants, HLH can occur at any age and is often triggered by infections such as Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). In this case, a 38-year-old man presented with a three-week history of fevers, night sweats, poor appetite, and severe anemia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInfluenza vaccine effectiveness against influenza-associated hospitalizations in children, Hong Kong, November 2023 to June 2024.
Vaccine X
October 2024
WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
We conducted a test negative study from November 2023 to June 2024, enrolling 4,367 children hospitalized with acute respiratory illness in Hong Kong. Among the children who tested negative for influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2, 56.8 % had received influenza vaccination.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPredictive biomarkers and specific immune responses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine in patients with cancer: prospective results from the CACOV-VAC trial.
BMJ Oncol
December 2023
Université Franche-Comté, INSERM, EFS BFC, UMR1098 RIGHT Interactions Greffon-Hôte-Tumeur/Ingénierie Cellulaire et Génique, Besançon, France.
Objective: Vaccinated patients with cancer in follow-up studies showed a high seropositivity rate but impaired antibody titres and T cell responses following mRNA vaccine against COVID-19. Besides clinical characteristics and the type of anticancer treatment before vaccination, the identification of patients susceptible to non-response following vaccination using immunological markers is worth to be investigated.
Methods And Analysis: All patients (n=138, solid cancers) were included in the CACOV-VAC Study comprising three cohorts ((neo)-adjuvant, metastatic and surveillance).
Kaposi's sarcoma immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: A forgotten entity nowadays.
Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS
December 2024
Department of Dermatology, Arnau de Vilanova Hospital, Valencia, Spain.
The appearance of antiviral therapy has led to a change in the prognosis and clinical manifestations of patients with human immunodeficiency virus infections and Kaposi's sarcoma. However, there are still countries in which access is inadequate and the disease progresses toward disseminated forms with an unfavorable outcome. We present two patients who presented with skin lesions that progressed for a month, compatible with disseminated Kaposi's sarcoma in the context of HIV.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDiagnostic dilemma for human immunodeficiency virus in a fatal case of acute myeloid leukemia.
Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS
December 2024
Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National HIV/AIDS Reference Laboratory, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
National Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) testing programs utilize antibody-based tests for confirming HIV diagnosis which has a diagnostic window period of 23-90 days. In Fiebig acute HIV Stage I-II, an individual has antibody-negative but RNA-positive test results. Here, we present a case of a 54-year-old complete remission acute myeloid leukemia patient, who was recently reported HIV negative by antibody-based tests used in National HIV testing programs.
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