scholarly journals An Interesting Case of Melioidosis

2021 ◽  
pp. 634-637
Author(s):  
J. Vijay ◽  
R. Vedamanickam ◽  
K. Saranya Devi
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Burkholderia Pseudomallei ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
The Body ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Internal Organs ◽  
The Past ◽  
Multiple Abscess ◽  
History Of

Melioidosis also termed as Whitmore’s disease is an infectious disease which is caused by bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei.Southeast Asia and northern Australia are endemic to this diseases which is predominantly transmitted in tropical climates.The coarse of disease involves multiple system involvement most common being lungs and it is mistaken as tuberculosis in many times.the other system involved are musculoskeletal and abscess over internal organs in spleen ,liver.This is a case report of 20 year old male presented with history of fever, swelling over multiple sites of the body, reddish discharge from the swelling, with history of planting trees in the past. Routine investigation showed leucocytosis and multiple abscess in liver and spleen .Blood culture showed positive for burkholderia pseudomallei .started treatment with meropenam and linezolid for 2 weeks and patient resolved from symptoms completely and discharged. Here we discuss about an clinical coarse and treatment response to bacteria burkholderia pseudomallei.

Melioidosis and tuberculosis: dual pathogens in a neck abscess

2009 ◽  
Vol 123 (11) ◽  
pp. 1285-1287 ◽  
Author(s):  
V Shenoy ◽  
M P Kamath ◽  
M C Hegde ◽  
T D'Souza ◽  
S S Mammen
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Soft Tissue ◽  
World Literature ◽  
Burkholderia Pseudomallei ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Endemic Diseases ◽  
The World ◽  
Neck Lump ◽  
Super Infection

AbstractIntroduction:Melioidosis is an infectious disease caused by a saprophytic bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei. It is endemic to Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. It may manifest as a pulmonary lesion, osteomyelitis, abscesses in soft tissue and various organs, or as septicaemia.Case report:We report a case of a 40-year-old, diabetic man who presented with a neck lump resulting from super-infection of a tuberculosis cavity with B pseudomallei. The patient was successfully managed by drainage along with meticulous excision of the capsule and prolonged antibiotic and anti-tubercular treatment.Discussion:Melioidosis may be confused diagnostically with tuberculosis, as both diseases are endemic in the same regions. Our patient was unfortunate to suffer from both endemic diseases simultaneously, perhaps representing the first such case in the world literature.Conclusion:Increased awareness of melioidosis is important as, although the organism is easy to culture, it may be dismissed as a contaminant.

scholarly journals Anxiety among the Patient with Lumber Disc Prolapse: A Case Report

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. P. Singh ◽  
Suneeta Koul
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
The Body ◽  
Disc Prolapse ◽  
Internal Organs ◽  
The Past

Anxiety is an internalized fear aroused by an impulse .It is a painful emotional experience produced by excitations in the in the internal organs of the body. It is the form of fear not based on the present situation, but also upon the actual or imaginative experience of the past, present, and future. The symptoms of anxiety are common in the community and typically persist for many years and are also associated with personal disorders.1 There are various types of anxieties but we mainly focused on two types of anxieties with respect to our case and these are: 1. STATE ANXIETY: 2. TRAIT ANXIETY:

Receptions of the Past: Commemoration, Racism, Desire

Somatechnics ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 288-303
Author(s):  
Michael Connors Jackman
Keyword(s):  
Critical Point ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
White Privilege ◽  
Body Politic ◽  
The Body ◽  
Race And Racism ◽  
Lesbian And Gay ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of

This article investigates the ways in which the work of The Body Politic (TBP), the first major lesbian and gay newspaper in Canada, comes to be commemorated in queer publics and how it figures in the memories of those who were involved in producing the paper. In revisiting a critical point in the history of TBP from 1985 when controversy erupted over race and racism within the editorial collective, this discussion considers the role of memory in the reproduction of whiteness and in the rupture of standard narratives about the past. As the controversy continues to haunt contemporary queer activism in Canada, the productive work of memory must be considered an essential aspect of how, when and for what reasons the work of TBP comes to be commemorated. By revisiting the events of 1985 and by sifting through interviews with individuals who contributed to the work of TBP, this article complicates the narrative of TBP as a bluntly racist endeavour whilst questioning the white privilege and racially-charged demands that undergird its commemoration. The work of producing and preserving queer history is a vital means of challenging the intentional and strategic erasure of queer existence, but those who engage in such efforts must remain attentive to the unequal terrain of social relations within which remembering forms its objects.

A Case Report on Glanzmann’s Thrombasthenia: A Rare Platelet Function Disorder

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (02) ◽  
pp. 59-60
Author(s):  
Farida Yasmin ◽  
Md. Anwarul Karim ◽  
Chowdhury Yakub Jamal ◽  
Mamtaz Begum ◽  
Ferdousi Begum
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Platelet Function ◽  
The Body ◽  
Presenting Symptoms ◽  
Glanzmann’S Thrombasthenia ◽  
Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia ◽  
Platelet Function Disorders ◽  
Recurrent Epistaxis ◽  
Severe Epistaxis ◽  
History Of

Epistaxis in children is one of the important presenting symptoms for attending emergency department in paediatric patients. Recurrent epistaxis is common in children. Although epistaxis in children usually occurred due to different benign conditions, it may be one of the important presenting symptoms of some inherited bleeding disorder. Whereas most bleeding disorders can be diagnosed through different standard hematologic assessments, diagnosing rare platelet function disorders may be challenging. In this article we describe one case report of platelet function disorders on Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia (GT). Our patient was a 10-year old girl who presented to us with history of recurrent severe epistaxis. She had a bruise on her abdomen and many scattered petechiae in different parts of the body. Her previous investigations revealed no demonstrable haemostatic anomalies. After performing platelet aggregation test, she was diagnosed as GT.

scholarly journals Recurrent Thrombotic Vasculopathy in a Former Cocaine User

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Preeti Jadhav ◽  
Hassan Tariq ◽  
Masooma Niazi ◽  
Giovanni Franchin
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
The Body ◽  
Drug Rehabilitation ◽  
Cocaine User ◽  
Cocaine Use ◽  
The Past ◽  
Urine Toxicology ◽  
History Of ◽  
Infectious Etiology

We report a case of a 35-year-old female who presented to the emergency room (ER) complaining of a pruritic rash involving multiple areas of the body. She had a significant history of cocaine use in the past. She had first developed a similar rash in 2013 when she was diagnosed with cocaine-induced vasculitis. Her urine toxicology had been positive for cocaine in the past until July 2013. She was incarcerated and attended a drug rehabilitation program after which she quit cocaine use, which was consistent with negative urine toxicology on subsequent admissions. Further workup did not reveal any other, autoimmune or infectious, etiology of this clinical presentation. The patient underwent biopsy of the skin lesion that was consistent with thrombotic vasculopathy likely secondary to levamisole.

It is not always COVID-19: Case report about an undiagnosed HIV man with dyspnea

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michela Pontolillo ◽  
Katia Falasca ◽  
Jacopo Vecchiet ◽  
Claudio Ucciferri
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Diagnostic Assays ◽  
Radiological Features ◽  
The Past ◽  
Undiagnosed Hiv ◽  
History Of ◽  
Clinical Conditions ◽  
Diagnostic Thinking ◽  
Diagnostic Delays ◽  
Analyze Data

Background: The current COVID-19 pandemic has attracted great attention from the medical world. In the past year, there have been reports of missed or delayed treatments for conditions that mimic COVID-19. The main symptoms caused by SARS-CoV-2, such as fever and cough, belong to different clinical conditions. It is of the utmost importance that the diagnostic thinking used to analyze data and information to reach a COVID-19 diagnosis does not overlook the plethora of different diagnoses related to these symptoms. Case report: The aim of this work is to present the clinical case of a patient having unrecognized HIV infection with a 4-week history of fever, cough, and hypoxia. When tests were allowed to highlight HIV-related immunodeficiency status, a CMV assay was performed in order to evaluate opportunistic pneumonia. Through this, diagnosis of HIV combined with CMV pneumonia was made, thus excluding COVID-19 respiratory insufficiency. Conclusion: The diagnosis of the two conditions in the COVID-19 era is challenging due to overlapping clinical and radiological features and limitations of current diagnostic assays. This causes clinical implications due to diagnostic delays.

scholarly journals Rhino-orbital COVID-19 associated mucormycosis- A case report

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 304-307
Author(s):  
Shanmuga Vadivoo Natarajan ◽  
B Usha
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Notifiable Disease ◽  
Health Ministry ◽  
First Case ◽  
Uncontrolled Diabetes ◽  
History Of ◽  
Second Wave

COVID-19 Associated Mucormycosis (CAM) is an emerging infectious disease that has caused increased mortality & morbidity in India during this second wave of the pandemic. The country has reported more than 30,000 cases and over 2,000 deaths by Mucormycosis so far, according to sources from Union Health Ministry. CAM is now a notifiable disease. At our Tertiary care teaching hospital, which caters for COVID 19 management, we are reporting the first case of Rhino orbital CAM, which was caused by Rhizopus spp. Our patient had a history of contact with a suspected COVID 19 patient and was recently diagnosed with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. A direct KOH microscopic examination of purulent material aspirated from the sinonasal polyp of the patient revealed fungal elements, and Rhizopus spp was isolated. Due to a shortage of Amphotericin B, the patient was referred to a government higher speciality centre for further management. The patient was followed up & was noted that he was treated with antifungal and discharged following recovery.

scholarly journals Endoscopic removal of metal foreign bodies by magnet: case report

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 467-472
Author(s):  
Vladimir I. Petlakh ◽  
Vladimir A. Borovitsky ◽  
Alexander K. Konovalov ◽  
Natalya N. Strogova
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Conservative Therapy ◽  
Foreign Bodies ◽  
Intestinal Wall ◽  
The Body ◽  
Surgical Interventions ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
The Past ◽  
A Chain ◽  
The Right

The number of children swallowing magnetic foreign bodies has been a significantly high for the past decades, increasingly needing endoscopic or surgical interventions. Case report. In our observation, a 12-year-old girl swallowed magnetic balls from childrens designer 10 days prior to hospital admission. Foreign bodies (5 balls) were found during X-ray examination in the projection of the cecum. Conservative therapy carried out for 4 days had no success, thus colonoscopy was performed to remove foreign bodies. Foreign bodies were fixed to the intestinal wall, and attempts to separate them were unsuccessful. When a medical magnet was placed outside the body in the right iliac region, a chain of magnetic balls detached from the intestinal wall and made it possible to be captured in a trap loop and be removed. The girl avoided a laparotomy with an opening of the colon. Conclusion. External use of a medical magnet is effective for navigation and assistance during colonoscopic extraction when magnetic foreign bodies are found in the colon.

Quinacrine Hydrochloride-Induced Yellow Discoloration of the Skin in Children

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 232-233
Author(s):  
Ronald J. Sokol ◽  
Philip K. Lichtenstein ◽  
Michael K. Farrell
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Drug Administration ◽  
Side Effect ◽  
Common Side Effect ◽  
Clinical Method ◽  
The Past ◽  
Drug Of Choice ◽  
Bowel Movements ◽  
Alternative Drug ◽  
History Of

The drug of choice for treatment of giardiasis in children has changed over the past several years. Metronidazole (Flagyl) has been found to be carcinogenic in mice and mutagenic in bacteria,1 and is, therefore, no longer approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of giardiasis. Thus, quinacrine hydrochloride (Atabrine) is the recommended alternative drug for the treatment of giardiasis in children. The purpose of this report is to remind physicians of a common side effect of quinacrine hydrochloride and to call attention to a simple clinical method for its confirmation. CASE REPORT S.W., a 3-year-old white boy, had a three-week history of three to six loose, watery bowel movements per day.

scholarly journals Maxillary Sinus Pneumocele Presenting as Aesthetic Deformity: A Case Report With Literature Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 99 (6) ◽  
pp. 397-401
Author(s):  
Hyun Sang Cho ◽  
Seok Jung Hong ◽  
Hyun Kyu Chae ◽  
Kyung Soo Kim
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Maxillary Sinus ◽  
Surgical Approach ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
Operation Technique ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
The Past ◽  
Standard Operation ◽  
Eye Symptoms

We report an interesting case of maxillary sinus pneumocele that presented with aesthetic deformity and completely treated with Caldwell-Luc approach and thoroughly review all of the past literature focusing on clinical symptoms and surgical approach. Based on our comprehensive review of maxillary sinus pneumocele, we found 2 important characteristics. First, maxillary sinus pneumocele may be asymptomatic but cause various symptoms owing to the displacement of neighboring structures, such as facial symptoms, eye symptoms, and nasal obstruction. Second, there is no standard operation technique for maxillary sinus pneumocele, but surgical approach should be individualized depending on patient’s symptoms and needs. Therefore, more case studies are needed to confirm this.

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