scholarly journals Successful Treatment of Influenza-Associated Acute Necrotizing Encephalitis in an Adult Using High-Dose Oseltamivir and Methylprednisolone: Case Report and Literature Review

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Alsolami ◽  
Kevin Shiley
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Successful Treatment ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Healthy Adult ◽  
Influenza Infection ◽  
Therapeutic Benefit ◽  
High Dose ◽  
High Dose Methylprednisolone ◽  
Acute Necrotizing

Abstract A case of influenza-associated acute necrotizing encephalitis (ANE) is described in an otherwise healthy adult. The patient was treated successfully with a combination of high-dose methylprednisolone and high-dose oseltamivir. The patient relapsed after discontinuing 150 mg twice daily oseltamivir but quickly improved and eventually recovered after reinitiation of high-dose oseltamivir for an additional 2 weeks. The clinical presentation, pathogenesis, and treatment of influenza-associated ANE is reviewed. The use of high-dose oseltamivir in combination with methylprednisolone may offer additional therapeutic benefit for this rare and poorly understood complication of influenza infection.

scholarly journals Successful treatment of acute lung injury with high-dose methylprednisolone therapy: a case report

2004 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-162
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Terawaki ◽  
Kazunobu Yoshimura ◽  
Toshio Hasegawa ◽  
Masaaki Nakayama ◽  
Tatsuo Hosoya
Keyword(s):  
Acute Lung Injury ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Lung Injury ◽  
Successful Treatment ◽  
High Dose ◽  
High Dose Methylprednisolone

Bi-microbial Healthcare-Associate Endocarditis caused by Enterococcus faecalis and Burkholderia cepacia: A Case Report and literature review

2020 ◽  
Vol 02 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masood Ghori ◽  
Nadya O. Al Matrooshi ◽  
Samir Al Jabbari ◽  
Ahmed Bafadel ◽  
Gopal Bhatnagar
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Infective Endocarditis ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Enterococcus Faecalis ◽  
Surgical Management ◽  
Burkholderia Cepacia ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Complicated Course ◽  
Healthcare Associated ◽  
Echocardiographic Findings

: Infective Endocarditis (IE), a known complication of hemodialysis (HD), has recently been categorized as Healthcare-Associated Infective Endocarditis (HAIE). Single pathogen bacteremia is common, polymicrobial endocardial infection is rare in this cohort of the patients. We report a case of endocarditis caused by Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis) and Burkholderia cepacia (B. cepacia), a first ever reported combination of a usual and an unusual organism, respectively, in a patient on HD. Clinical presentation of the patient, its complicated course ,medical and surgical management ,along with microbial and echocardiographic findings is presented herein. The authors believe that presentation of this case of HAIE may benefit and contribute positively to cardiac science owing to the rare encounter of this organism as a pathogen in infective endocarditis and the difficulties in treating it.

scholarly journals A Challenging Case of a Physeal Bar Endoscopic-Assisted Resection in a Short Stature Child: Case Report and Literature Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 115-120
Author(s):  
Melanie Ribau ◽  
Mário Baptista ◽  
Nuno Oliveira ◽  
Bruno Direito Santos ◽  
Pedro Varanda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Short Stature ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Normal Growth ◽  
Limb Length Discrepancy ◽  
Complete Excision ◽  
Physeal Bar ◽  
Surgical Options ◽  
The Ideal

Partial physeal bars may develop after injury to the growth plate in children, eventually leading to disturbance of normal growth. Clinical presentation, age of the patient, and the anticipated growth will dictate the best treatment strategy. The ideal treatment for a partial physeal bar is complete excision to allow growth resumption by the remaining healthy physis. There are countless surgical options, some technically challenging, that must be weighted according to each case’s particularities. We reviewed the current literature on physeal bars while reporting the challenging case of a short stature child submitted to a femoral physeal bar endoscopic-assisted resection with successful growth resumption. This case dares surgeons to consider all options when treating limb length discrepancy, such as the endoscopic-assisted resection which might offer successful results.

scholarly journals Successful treatment of gastrointestinal mucormycosis in an adult with acute leukemia: case report and literature review

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Alghamdi ◽  
A. Lutynski ◽  
M. Minden ◽  
C. Rotstein
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Acute Leukemia ◽  
Fungal Infection ◽  
Antifungal Therapy ◽  
Successful Treatment ◽  
Invasive Fungal Infection ◽  
Hematologic Malignancies ◽  
Considerable Morbidity ◽  
Delays In Diagnosis

Mucormycosis has emerged as an important cause of invasive fungal infection in patients with hematologic malignancies. Gastrointestinal mucormycosis is an unusual presentation of this invasive fungal infection, and it causes considerable morbidity and mortality. Such outcomes are due in part to a nonspecific presentation that results in delays in diagnosis and treatment. Successful treatment of gastrointestinal mucormycosis involves surgical debridement and appropriate antifungal therapy.

scholarly journals Successful treatment and FDG-PET/CT monitoring of HHV-6 encephalitis in a non-neutropenic patient: case report and literature review

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 908-912 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elda Righi ◽  
Alessia Carnelutti ◽  
Daniele Muser ◽  
Francesco Zaja ◽  
Elisa Lucchini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Successful Treatment ◽  
Fdg Pet ◽  
Neutropenic Patient ◽  
Patient Case ◽  
Pet Ct ◽  
Fdg Pet Ct
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