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Sequential Varicella and Herpes Zoster in an Immunocompetent Adult. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
Varicella and herpes zoster, caused by primary infection and reactivation of varicella‐zoster virus (VZV) respectively, can present with a wide spectrum of cutaneous and systemic complications.
Sharma B, Paudel S.
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Neurolisteriosis in an Immunocompetent Adult Patient. [PDF]

Cureus
Listeria monocytogenes is an opportunistic pathogen that predominantly affects immunocompromised individuals, pregnant women, neonates, and the elderly. Here, we describe a rare case of meningitis caused by Listeria monocytogenes in an immunocompetent but otherwise healthy 30-year-old male.
Gurung B, Tarar A, Morris P.
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Varicella Pneumonia in an Immunocompetent Adult [PDF]

Respiration, 2013
nodeficiency virus was negative, total lymphocyte count and levels of gammaglobulins were normal, and the patient did not report having had any noteworthy infections in the past several years. Despite the initiation of intravenous acyclovir (10 mg/ kg 3 times daily) on the day of admission, his clinical state worsened with persistent high fever and ...
Thomas, Sené, Sébastien, Gallien, Constance, Delaugerre, Anne-Marie, Zagdanski, Jean-Michel, Molina   +4 more
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Sternal tuberculosis in an immunocompetent adult [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2013
Skeletal tuberculosis accounts for 1–3% of patients with mycobacterial infection. Any bone can be a site for tuberculosis, but sternum involvement is quite rare. We report the case of a 37-year-old woman admitted because of chest pain and increased swelling over the anterior chest. She was immunocompetent and had no systemic features. She was diagnosed
Eya, Cherif, Lamia, Ben Hassine, Imen, Boukhris, Narjess, Khalfallah   +3 more
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Cytomegalovirus disease in immunocompetent adults [PDF]

Medical Journal of Australia, 2014
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a highly prevalent and globally distributed virus. CMV infection in healthy adults is usually asymptomatic or causes a mild mononucleosis-like syndrome. CMV disease causes significant morbidity and mortality in neonates and severely immunocompromised adults.
Lancini, Daniel, Faddy, Helen M., Flower, Robert, Hogan, Chris   +3 more
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Respiratory adenovirus infections in immunocompetent and immunocompromised adult patients

, 2020
Adenovirus (AdV) can cause severe respiratory infections in children and immunocompromised patients, but less is known about severe AdV pneumonia in immunocompetent adults.
Cederwall, S., Påhlman, L. I., Lund University., Cederwall, S.,, Påhlman, L. I.,   +4 more
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Varicella pneumonia in an immunocompetent adult [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2012
A30-year-old woman presented with a 3-day history of fever, chills, cough, chest pain on coughing and deep breathing, and shortness of breath on exertion. She also had a vesicular skin rash that had started a week before her presentation.
Naveen, Voore, Richard, Lai
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Acute encephalitis in immunocompetent adults

The Lancet, 2019
Encephalitis is a condition of inflammation of the brain parenchyma, occurs as a result of infectious or autoimmune causes, and can lead to encephalopathy, seizures, focal neurological deficits, neurological disability, and death. Viral causes account for the largest proportion, but in the last decade there has been growing recognition of anti-neuronal
Venkatesan, Arun, Michael, Benedict D, Probasco, John C, Geocadin, Romergryko G, Solomon, Tom   +4 more
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Chronic cystoisosporiasis in an immunocompetent adult

Medicine, 2021
Abstract Rationale: Cystoisosporiasis is an intestinal infectious disease caused by a coccidian protozoa, Cystoisospora belli (C. belli). It can cause prolonged and refractory diarrhea most commonly in immunocompromised patients, while immunocompetent individuals usually exhibit no symptoms or self-limited diarrhea.
Masashi Ohno, Osamu Inatomi, Takayuki Imai, Kenichiro Takahashi, Shigeki Bamba, Keiji Konishi, Masaya Sasaki, Ryoji Kushima, Akira Andoh   +8 more
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Bilateral asymmetrical herpes-zoster with Ramsay hunt syndrome in an immunocompetent adult

Virology Journal, 2020
Background Bilateral herpes zoster (BHZ) is an atypical presentation of herpes zoster (HZ), with few cases reported before. Ramsay Hunt syndrome (RHS) is an uncommon complication of VZV infection. Cases of BHZ with RHS in immunocompetent adults have been
Siqi Dai, Xiaowen Huang, Yuxiang Chen, Menglei Wang, Huanxin Zheng, Kang Zeng, Li Li   +6 more
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