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Oncologic Emergencies: Immune-Based Cancer Therapies and Complications [PDF]

, 2020
Cancer therapies have undergone several recent advancements. Current cancer treatments include immune-based therapies comprised of checkpoint inhibitors, and adoptive immunotherapy; each treatment has the potential for complications that differ from ...
Brém, Elizabeth, Koyfman, Alex, Long, Brit Jeffrey   +2 more
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Case Report: Toxic megacolon secondary to chronic constipation and cocaine consumption

Frontiers in Surgery
Toxic megacolon (TM) is a severe condition characterized by acute colonic dilation, with specific radiological and clinical signs. The multifactorial etiology of TM is primarily associated with inflammatory bowel disease and infections.
Bertha Dimas, Guillermo Hernández, Ivonne Peralta, Ansony Godinez, Gabriela Gutierrez, Fernando Cruz   +5 more
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Combination of oral vancomycin and intra-colonic vancomycin: Successful treatment of complicated pseudomembranous colitis in a child patient

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2019
The Clostridium difficile infection–related disease varies from mild diarrhoea to pseudomembranouscolitis. Although C. difficile infection is commonly considered to be a hospital-acquired infection, a significant number of cases are community acquired ...
Hüseyin Sancar Bozkurt, Banu Kara
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Epitheloid Hemangioendothelioma in Patient with Liver Transplantation [PDF]

, 2010
Malignant hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (HEH) is a rare malignant tumor of vascular origin with unknown aetiology and a variable natural course.
Anna Mrzljak, Branislav Kocman, Denis Guštin, Dinko Šegro, Dunja Šušterčić, Ika Kardum-Skelin, Tajana Filipec Kanižaj, Vesna Čolić Cvrlje   +7 more
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“Ulcerative crepitus” — A case with subcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinum without colonic perforation or toxic megacolon in ulcerative colitis successfully treated conservatively [PDF]

, 2012
Anita Annaházi, Ilona Polyák, Ferenc Nagy, Tibor Wittmann, Tamás Molnár   +4 more
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Rescue of fulminant Clostridioides difficile infection in a hemodialysis patient: a case report

Renal Replacement Therapy
Background Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a gastrointestinal condition that arises from the disruption of normal intestinal flora, often caused by antibiotics or antiacids.
Hiroyoshi Yanagisawa, Megumi Oshima, Keisuke Sako, Yoshinori Takahashi, Toshiaki Tokumaru, Kaho Hayashi, Megumi Ikeda, Fumitaka Yamamori, Sho Kajikawa, Daiki Hayashi, Takahiro Yuasa, Keisuke Horikoshi, Shiori Nakagawa, Shinji Kitajima, Tadashi Toyama, Akinori Hara, Norihiko Sakai, Miho Shimizu, Takumi Taniguchi, Takashi Wada, Yasunori Iwata   +20 more
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Chronic Non-toxic Megacolon Secondary to Diverticulitis: a case report [PDF]

, 2023
Biagio Donnarumma, Rossella Di Maio, Carmine Izzo, Vincenzo Pilone   +3 more
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A severe Clostridioides difficile ribotype 027 infection in Beijing, China, July 2024

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Clostridioides difficile ribotype (RT) 027 is particularly virulent, capable of causing severe conditions such as ileus, toxic megacolon, hypotension, or shock. Outbreaks of RT027 C.
Xinfei Chen, Yang Chen, Han Zhang, Wen Shi, Houpeng Wong, Jin Li, Ziyue Zhou, Feiyi Liu, Yiying Zhao, Yingchun Xu, Meng Xiao   +10 more
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Characterization of Arcobacter butzleri isolates from poultry and slaughterhouse Environment [PDF]

, 2012
The genus Arcobacter is an emerging pathogen associated with several clinical symptoms, namely diarrhoea, abdominal pain or bacteraemia. This genus is widely distributed and has been isolated from environmental, animal, food and human samples, being ...
Domingues, Fernanda, Ferreira, Susana, Fraqueza, Maria João, Oleastro, Mónica, Queiroz, João   +4 more
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Infectious disease emergencies [PDF]

, 2009
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Cheng, VCC, Wong, SSY
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