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Management of Norovirus Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Scoping Review

Transplantation Direct
Background. Norovirus infection causes significant morbidity in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients, yet few treatments are available, and evidence for efficacy is sparse.
Thida Maung Myint, MBBS, Jonathan Hand, MD, Adam Lowe, MD, Camille N. Kotton, MD, Sharon C-A Chen, PhD, Justin Beardsley, PhD, Armando Teixeira-Pinto, PhD, Germaine Wong, PhD, Samuel Chan, PhD   +8 more
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Adjuvant treatment of severe varicella pneumonia with intravenous varicella zoster virus-specific immunoglobulins

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
Varicella zoster virus (VZV) pneumonia is associated with significant mortality, especially in the immunocompromised host. VZV-specific immunoglobulins (VZIG) are currently used as post-exposure prophylaxis for at-risk patients, but not as adjunctive ...
Davide Mangioni, Giacomo Grasselli, Chiara Abbruzzese, Antonio Muscatello, Andrea Gori, Alessandra Bandera   +5 more
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Emerging Cutaneous Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by Alternaria infectoria

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2021
Alternaria species belong to a group of opportunistic fungi that causes skin infection mainly in immunosuppressed patients. The authors describe two clinically distinct cases of cutaneous alternariosis caused by Alternaria infectoria in patients under ...
Katarína Kieselová, Tiago Gomes, Felicidade Santiago, Henrique Martinha   +3 more
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Bilateral endogenous Trichoderma endophthalmitis in an immunocompromised host

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2021
Purpose: To report a case of bilateral endogenous endophthalmitis, caused by the Trichoderma species, in a severely immunocompromised patient. Observations: A 39-year-old man with acute myeloid leukemia, in a relapsed state on high-dose chemotherapy ...
Abdulaziz Al-Shehri, Saud Aljohani, Valmore A. Semidey   +2 more
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Diagnosis of Cellulitis in the Immunocompromised Host

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1990
A prospective study of diagnostic techniques in cellulitis was performed on 28 patients with malignancy. Twenty-two (78%) of the fine needle aspiration cultures and 10 (35%) of the blood cultures were positive in this immunocompromised population.
Charles F Carey, Lawrence Dall
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Salvage treatment of disseminated strongyloidiasis in an immunocompromised patient: therapy success with subcutaneous ivermectin

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Disseminated strongyloidiasis is a disease with high mortality rate, especially in immunocompromised individuals. Paralytic ileus and intestinal malabsorption are frequent symptoms caused by this severe disease.
Edmilson Bastos de Moura, Marcelo de Oliveira Maia, Monalisa Ghazi, Fábio Ferreira Amorim, Henrique Marconi Pinhati   +4 more
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Hemorrhagic Cytomegalovirus Colitis in a Postoperative Colon Cancer Patient

Case Reports in Oncology, 2013
We report a case of hemorrhagic cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis, occurring in a postoperative patient due to a weakened immune system. An 85-year-old woman with a medical history, including chronic renal failure treated with oral administration of ...
Motonobu Saito, Atsushi Ishino, Taisuke Ito, Takeshi Sakuma, Masami Matsuzaki, Naoto Katagata, Fumiaki Watanabe, Seiichi Takenoshita, Tadashi Nomizu   +8 more
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Diagnostica microbiologica delle infezioni associate all’utilizzo di cateteri venosi centrali (CVC): considerazioni generali e studio in pazienti immunocompromessi

Microbiologia Medica, 2006
Central venous catheterization today is essential for the intensive management of both medical and surgical patients (for the administration of iv fluids, medications, blood products and parenteral nutrition fluids, to monitor hemodynamic status and to ...
Giancarlo Basaglia, Sandro Stocco Calzavara, Antonella Pancino, Paola Sperandio, Maria Luisa Tomasini, Paolo De Paoli   +5 more
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Human parvovirus B19 infection in an immunocompromised host

Clinical Case Reports, 2020
Serologic testing may be negative in immunocompromised hosts due to inadequate IgG and IgM response. The classic bone marrow findings of viral inclusions and giant proerythroblasts are pathognomonic for active infection and should prompt initiation of ...
Soumya Pandey
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Within-host SARS-CoV-2 diversity in immunocompromised patients during acute infection

Journal of Virology
Within-host SARS-CoV-2 diversity during acute infection is largely characterized by low-frequency intra-host single-nucleotide variants (iSNVs), but whether early iSNV patterns differ by immune status remains unclear.
Deninson Alejandro Vargas, Ludwig L. Albornoz, Mateo Peña-Morales, Helen Johana Ortiz Rojas, Mallery I. Breban, Nathan D. Grubaugh, Anne M. Hahn   +6 more
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