Pulmonary Cavitation: A Rare Late Complication Of COVID-19 Pneumonia : Case Series

COVID 19 is associated with pulmonary cavitation as rare late complication . Cavitatory lesion in COVID 19 recovered patient is very rare and can cause significant morbidity and mortality. we present case series associated with pulmonary cavitation as late complication.

Pulmonary cavitation – an unexpected finding in late stage COVID-19 pneumonia (case report)

The typical CT features of COVID-19 pneumonia include multifocal and bilateral ground-glass opacities with or without consolidation, found in both lungs, predominantly at peripheral, and posterior regions, bronchovascular thickening, crazy pavement appearance (ground-glass opacities with superimposed interlobular septal thickening). Atypical imagistic findings such as lung cavitation were rarely reported. In this report we describe the case of a 42 years old, healthy man with severe COVID-19 pneumonia who developed two pulmonary cavities during recovery. The pulmonary cavitations formed in the aria of the lung where patchy air space opacification was seen in early stages. There were no signs of invasive fungal or bacterial infection and the complementary investigations have ruled out other possible etiology for lung cavitation. Although the pathophysiological mechanism involved in the origin of the pulmonary cavities is not fully known, it could be closely related to diffuse alveolar damage in severe COVID-19 pneumonia.

ANALISIS PENGALAMAN PSIKOLOGIS PERAWAT DALAM MENANGANI PASIEN COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic shocked the world when a mysterious pneumonia case was discovered from Wuhan City, China on December 31, 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) named the new virus Severa Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-Cov-2) and the name of the disease. as Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19). Indonesia is ranked 19th with the most Covid-19 cases in the world (Worldometers, 2020). Health workers, including nurses, are at the forefront of dealing with the Covid-19 outbreak. Health care providers, especially nurses, are not only experiencing an increase in workload but also psychological changes that have an impact on the mental health of nurses around the world in the form of burnout, anxiety, depression, and fear of stigma and community discrimination (International Council of Nurses, 2020).

Post Covid-19 organizing pneumonia: Case series for 6 patients with post-COVID interstitial lung disease

Organizing pneumonia secondary to viral infection is well established entity in the literature. Here we describe 6 cases of organizing pneumonia secondary to COVID-19. All six cases were presented with respiratory symptoms after their initial COVID-19 infection, and they had CT changes compatible with organizing pneumonia. Steroid treatment was initiated in all cases empirically without the need for trans-bronchial biopsy. All presented cases showed significant improvement with steroid clinically and radiographically.

Pseudomonas otitidis bacteraemia in a patient with COPD and recurrent pneumonia: case report and literature review

Background Pseudomonas otitidis is a novel species of Pseudomonas bacteria that has been isolated from patients with otic infections. Case presentation In this report, we describe a case of a 59-year-old known with moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with bronchiectasis and recurrent pneumonia where blood cultures revealed the growth of P. otitidis. Conclusions This case describes the first report of bacteraemia to P. otitidis and raises questions regarding the misdiagnosis and underestimation of the incidence of infections caused by this novel pathogen.

Lupic Outbreak and Covid-19 Pneumonia-Case Report

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory infection that can cause mild symptoms or even death, to patients who suffer from it. It affects all population groups without distinction. Systematic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic and fluctuating autoimmune disease. One of the goals of the treatment is to avoid flare-ups and thereby reduce mortality. Their innate alterations in immunity, added to the use of immunosuppressive drugs to control the disease and prevent outbreaks makes them more vulnerable to develop severe symptoms in SARS-CoV-2 infection. We present the case of a patient with SLE infected by SARS-CoV-2 with a lupus flare during hospitalization, entailing a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge.

Colonic perforation in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia – case reports

Introduction: Gastrointestinal complications in critically ill patients during the COVID-19 pandemic pose a diagnostic and treatment dilemma. Case report: We present two cases of SARS-CoV-2 positive patients treated in our department for colon perforation. One patient was operated for a diastasic right colon perforation due to acute over distension of the bowel. The perforation in the second case was associated with chronic diverticulitis. Conclusion: These cases highlight the fact that besides typical respiratory symptoms and signs of COVID-19, digestive symptoms also occur. These can caused by intestinal perforation, be it directly or due to changing homeostasis of the internal environment.