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Swollen limbs and bone pain : a case report [PDF]

, 2005
A 50 year old man presented with peripheral oedema, abdominal distension and a pulmonary opacity on CXR. He subsequently perforated his sigmoid colon as a complication of diverticulitis with pericolic abscess. After colectomy his postoperative period was
Cacciottolo, Joseph M., Debono, Miguel, Sammut, David   +2 more
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HIV and tuberculosis in India [PDF]

, 2008
The global impact of the converging dual epidemics of tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodefi ciency virus (HIV) is one of the major public health challenges of our time. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports 9.2 million new cases of TB in 2006 of
Narendran, G, Swaminathan, Soumya
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A case report of Nocardia cyriacigeorgica presenting as cellulitis with multiple discharging sinuses

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2019
Nocardia spp. are filamentous Gram positive bacteria that are ubiquitous soil saprophytes. The majority of nocardial infections occur in severely immunocompromised patients who are particularly susceptible to pulmonary disease and dissemination ...
Archana Bora, Laxmi Rathore, Prabhat K Khatri, C S Chattopadhyay   +3 more
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Clinical biological and genetic heterogeneity of the inborn errors of pulmonary surfactant metabolism [PDF]

, 2001
Pulmonary surfactant is a multimolecular complex located at the air-water interface within the alveolus to which a range of physical (surface-active properties) and immune functions has been assigned. This complex consists of a surface-active lipid layer
Clements JA, Crouch E, deMello DE, Dirksen U, Doyle IR, Fisher JH, Floros J, Glasser SW, Green D, Hawgood S, Ikegami M, Ikegami M, Ikegami M, Kitamura T, Kresch MJ, Madan T, Mahut B, Mason RJ, Myrianthopoulos NC, Nogee LM, Pilot-Matias TJ, Power JHT, Prakash UBS, Reed JA, Robertson B, Rosen SH, Stoll BJ, Tredano M, Vorbroker DK, Wang J-Y   +29 more
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Acute Hypoxic Respiratory Failure Secondary to Pulmonary Nocardiosis: An Unusual Presentation in the Emergency Department

National Journal of Medical Research
Background: Nocardiosis, a rare but serious infection caused by Gram-positive, aerobic actinomycetes, primarily affects immunocompromised individuals. This report highlights an uncommon case of pulmonary nocardiosis in an immunocompetent patient leading
Mayank Prakash Chakravarty, AK Singh, Shikha Sachan, Husamuddin Umar   +3 more
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Primary pulmonary nocardiosis: case report [PDF]

Thorax, 1974
Hamal, P. B. (1974).Thorax, 29, 382-386. Primary pulmonary nocardiosis: a case report. A case of fulminating pulmonary nocardiosis is reported. Diagnosis was made before death but too late for treatment to be effective. At necropsy extensive multiple pulmonary abscesses with involvement of the pleura, resulting in an empyema, were discovered.
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Pulmonary nocardiosis caused by Nocardia exalbida mimicking lung cancer

Respirology Case Reports, 2019
Nocardiosis is an uncommon infection caused by Nocardia species, but it can often occur in immunocompromised patients. As computed tomography (CT) findings of pulmonary nocardiosis, consolidation, masses, and nodules are often found, but lymph node ...
Chika Miyaoka, Keitaro Nakamoto, Tatsuya Shirai, Maki Miyamoto, Yuka Sasaki, Ken Ohta   +5 more
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Murine cytomegalovirus genomic material in marrow cells; relation to altered leukocyte counts during sublethal infection of mice [PDF]

, 1987
To investigate infection of hematopoietic cells by murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV), we used in situ hybridization to detect MCMV genomic material in marrow cells during sublethal infection of three-week-old mice.
Bale, J. F., Giller, R., Koszinowski, Ulrich H., O'Neil, M. E., Perlman, S.   +4 more
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Weathering the storm: diagnosis and treatment of a life-threatening disseminated Nocardia otitidiscaviarum infection

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Nocardiosis demonstrates a temporal categorization that includes acute, subacute, and chronic stages alongside distinct typical localizations such as pulmonary, cutaneous, and disseminated forms.
Li-Yan Zhang, Li-Yan Zhang, Liang Wang, Liang Wang, Zeeshan Umar, Yuan-Hong Huang, Bing Gu   +6 more
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بررسی فراوانی ناهنجاری‌های همراه در نوزادان مبتلا به آترزی مری بستری در بيمارستان حضرت علی اصغر(ع) از مهرماه سال 1384 تا1386 [PDF]

, 2010
زمينه و هدف: آترزی مری به بسته شدن مادرزادی لومن مری اطلاق می‌شود که در يک نوزاد از هر 4000 تولد زنده ديده می‌شود. مطالعات نشان داده اند که 50% از اين نوزادان دارای آنومالی‌های همراه می‌باشند که شايعترين آنها ناهنجاری‌های قلبی، ستون مهره و کليوی هستند ...
افلاطونيان, مجید, تقی‌پور, رضا, خالصی, نسرین   +2 more
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