Showing papers in "IDCases in 2018"

TL;DR: In this article, a case of Lactobacillus rhamnosus endocarditis involving a young patient with a history of complicated cirrhosis and prior Clostridium difficile colitis was reported.

TL;DR: F. plautii was the only bacterium detected in blood culture, suggesting that it might have been causative for cholecystitis, and antimicrobial resistance testing identified decreased susceptibilities against linezolid and penicillin indicating that a targeted therapy might be necessary.

TL;DR: Talaromyces can cause infection in non-HIV and non-endemic population and could be an underrecognized cause of pulmonary infections among veterans with even a remote history of exposure to the organism during deployment.

TL;DR: This article presents a 67-year-old gentleman with extensive co-morbidities including heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and ESRD on hemodialysis through a femoral catheter who presented with chest pain and fatigue who confirmed diagnosis of C. jeikeium endocarditis.

TL;DR: The effect of tigecycline treatment in an 87-year-old man, with Gram negative bacillary pneumonia and respiratory failure, and hypofibrinogenemia persisted and recovered after 5 days of tIGecy Cline discontinuation, suggesting probable tigECYcline associated hypofinemia.

TL;DR: Infections due to XDR Pseudomonas are at increased risk of complications and death and XDR-PA meningitis ensued during treatment with colistin for pneumonia and bacteremia.

TL;DR: The present case was the first reported in Europe, and a fastidious microorganism, difficult to identify by conventional methods, leading to inappropriate treatments, being considered a new species within a new genus in the suborder Corynebacterineae.

TL;DR: A 29-year-old Caucasian female that presented to the emergency department with headache, photophobia, and chills for 5 days was successfully treated with oral valacyclovir 2 g Q6H after only receiving two days of IV acy Clovir.

TL;DR: Despite being rare, it is important to consider listeria in patients with possible meningoencephalitis, even if cultures are negative, especially if the patient is at risk of listeriosis or there is a potential history of listersia exposure.

TL;DR: The significance of human babesiosis, caused by the bovine pathogen Babesia divergens, a zoonotic, tickborne disease, can have a severe course with immunocompromised patients which usually ends up with death.

TL;DR: In immunocompetent hosts, even with severeCMV-CAP, the prognosis is good, however, antiviral treatment should be considered in the rare occasion of severe CMV infection.

TL;DR: 3 immunocompetent adults who developed symptomatic CMV infection and were ill for several weeks are described and all patients had positive CMV viral assays and ultimately received anti-CMV therapy with significant improvement in symptoms within a few days of starting therapy.

TL;DR: First confirmed case of human rabies in Saudi Arabia reported and need for more uniform travel guidelines with more consensus globally among different countries has been stressed.

TL;DR: The case of 51-year-old Thai male with B. henselae endocarditis with dissemination to the lungs, bones, subcutaneous tissue, epididymis, and lymph nodes with a successful outcome is reported.

TL;DR: A patient admitted to the Infectious Diseases Department with vertebral osteomyelitis initially identified as Ochrobactrum anthropi was diagnosed with brucellosis, and antimicrobial therapy was initiated to include the Brucella genus, with slow but progressive clinical improvement.

TL;DR: This first case report of Acute Sphingomonas phlebitis secondary to intravenous (IV) drug use is presented and it is believed that due to its widespread habitat and ability to survive in stress conditions it could be a potential future threat in the era of increasing antimicrobial resistance globally.

TL;DR: This is the first reported case of native valve Cryptococcus neoformans endocarditis in an immunocompetent host and it is presented a rare case of Cryptococcal infections in immuno-competent hosts.

TL;DR: This case series presents three cases of HGA, highlighting the spectrum of disease by which HGA can manifest and outlines important shared clinical elements to facilitate an empiric diagnosis while definitive laboratory investigations are pending.

TL;DR: A lack of an appropriate and early screening led to a fatal outcome in a 4.6 y old child and accurate methods are required for early detection of Toxoplasma in Lebanese hospitals.

TL;DR: A case of acute vertebral osteomyelitis with associated prevertebral abscess due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in an immunocompetent adult with recent known traumatic inoculation from the barb of a fish is described.

TL;DR: A 67-year-old Saudi gentleman, who presented with fever and back pain, revealed cervical epidural abscess and a positive serology for brucellosis, and following 6 months of antibiotic therapy alone against bru cellosis, he showed significant clinical and radiological improvement.

TL;DR: With this case, the prevalence, risk factors, treatment options, and outcomes of the rarely encountered Enterobacter cloacae-associated infective endocarditis are discussed.

TL;DR: Clinicians need to be aware of such unusual antibiogram and should not assume carbapenems are always broader spectrum antibiotics than expanded-spectrum cephalosporins.

TL;DR: A 48-year-old Japanese woman with no underlying disease who was found to have meningitis caused by C. fetus subsp.

TL;DR: A case of Roseomonas mucosa bacteremia involved a 9-year-old Japanese boy who was in a condition of febrile neutropenia caused by chemotherapy for cerebellar medulloblastoma and genetic analysis using 16S rDNA sequencing confirmed the pathogen to be R. mucosa.

TL;DR: A high level of suspicion of invasive fungal infection is required at all times in immunosuppressed patients, even those receiving antifungal prophylaxis, even while receiving micafungin therapy.

TL;DR: A 66 year old man with chronic sinusitis who presented with facial pain and epistaxis and upon further evaluation was found to have an antrolith of the left maxillary sinus.

TL;DR: A case of hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae causing emphysematous prostatic abscess, emphySEmatous cystitis, and renal abscess simultaneously in a 75-year-old Japanese male with diabetes mellitus and advanced gastric cancer is reported.

TL;DR: A case of C. fetus infection in a 72-year-old woman who presented with indolent onset lumbar spondylodiscitis is described, contrasted with the usual aggressive nature of bacteremia with this pathogen.

TL;DR: In patients presenting with encephalopathic signs and neurological manifestations following pneumonia; Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection and subsequent immune-mediated demyelination should be considered.