Pneumocystis carinii: A Review of an Important Opportunistic Pathogen in AIDS by M John Gill, Ron Read

“…Increasing shortness of breath, a nonproductive cough and hypoxia often preceded by several weeks of lethargy, fever and weight loss are the classical features of P carinii pneumonia in acquired immune deficiency syndrome. …”
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A Concise Review and Required Precautions for COVID-19 Outbreak in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology by Ali Kord, Behnam Rabiee, Siwen Wang, Sara Rostami, Ron C. Gaba, Karen L. Xie

“…COVID-19 patients usually present with fever, fatigue, dry cough, and dyspnea. Given the shortage of diagnostic kits in many countries and very high sensitivity of computed tomography (CT) for diagnosis of COVID-19 in clinically suspicious patients, the chest CT has been implemented among the primary initial methods of diagnosis before the confirmatory laboratory tests. …”
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A Rare Encounter with an Expanding Pseudocyst of the Spleen by Ashish Lal Shrestha, Pradita Shrestha

“…A 47-year-old lady, previously well, presented to the outpatient clinic with intermittent left hypochondrial pain radiating towards left shoulder for 2 months not associated with fever, jaundice, or weight loss. Abdominal examination revealed nontender hepatosplenomegaly. …”
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Disseminated Exfoliative Dermatitis Associated with All-Transretinoic Acid in the Treatment of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia by Yonal Ipek, Dogru Hulya, Aktan Melih

“…ATRA-associated toxicity consisting of headache, fever, weakness, fatigue, dry skin, dermatitis, gastrointestinal disorders, and hypertriglyceridemia has been shown to be mild (Kurzrock et al. (1993)). …”
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Expanding the Phenotype of Congenital Glucocorticoid Deficiency: An Iranian Patient with Cholestasis due to Pathogenic Variants in the MC2R Gene by Shohreh Maleknejad, Setila Dalili, Ameneh Sharifi, Afagh Hassanzadeh Rad, Reza Bayat, Bahareh Rabbani, Nejat Mahdieh

“…The clinical presentation included prolonged jaundice, progressive skin hyperpigmentation, seizures, fever, and a large umbilical hernia. Two variants in the MC2R gene, c.560delT and c.676G > C, were detected and classified as pathogenic and likely pathogenic, respectively. …”
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Tuboovarian Abscess due to Colonic Diverticulitis in a Virgin Patient with Morbid Obesity: A Case Report by Zafer Selçuk Tuncer, Gokhan Boyraz, Senem Özge Yücel, İlker Selçuk, Aslıhan Yazicioğlu

“…A 30-year-old virgin patient presented with pelvic pain, fever, and vaginal spotting for the previous three weeks. …”
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Seizure as Presenting Symptom of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children by Eleonora S. D’Ambrosio, Stefanie Gauguet, Christine Miller, Erin McMahon, Christopher Driscoll, Mugdha Mohanty, Thomas Guggina

“…We describe the case of a 13-year-old girl who presented with a new-onset seizure and fever and subsequently developed severe cardiac dysfunction, coronary artery dilation, and shock due to the surprising diagnosis of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). …”
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“Spontaneous epidural hematoma in a pediatric patient following pansinusitis: a case report and review of the literature” by Shahin Nazarpour, Farid Qoorchi Moheb Seraj, Seyed Morteza Sharifzadeh Khavari, Mehran Seadghat, Mohammad Ali Abouei Mehrizi

“…The patient had a history of nasal discharge and fever for about four days. The brain Computed tomography scan revealed a hematoma that was treated with craniotomy. …”
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A New Case of Spontaneous Regression of Inflammatory Hepatic Pseudotumor by Hichem Jerraya, Slim Jarboui, Hassen Daghmoura, Abdeljelil Zaouche

“…A 15-year-old man had a 4-month history of abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant with fever and cought. Two successives ultrasonographies revealed a hypoechoic lesion occuping the segment VIII with 8 cm of diametre. …”
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BABESIOSIS IN HUMANS by Zornitsa Traykova

“…Clinical manifestations range from asymptomatic to severe disease with symptoms including fever, chills, hemoglobinuria and anemia. There is a risk of potentially fatal complications such as acute respiratory, renal or multi-organ failure, particularly in vulnerable populations. …”
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A Comprehensive Review of the Development and Therapeutic Use of Antivirals in Flavivirus Infection by Aarti Tripathi, Shailendra Chauhan, Renu Khasa

“…Significant expansion in the geographic range, prevalence, and vectors of flavivirus over the last 50 years has led to a dramatic increase in infections that can manifest as hemorrhagic fever or encephalitis, leading to prolonged morbidity and mortality. …”
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Rhodotorula mucilaginosa Fungemia, a Rare Opportunistic Infection without Central Venous Catheter Implantation, Successfully Treated by Liposomal Amphotericin B by Ryuichi Hirano, Tatsuro Mitsuhashi, Katsuyoshi Osanai

“…An 81-year-old man with a history of chronic obstructive lung disease and rheumatoid arthritis was admitted with dyspnea and fever. The present case had no previous history of CVC implantation. …”
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Inflammation Modulating Activity of the Hydroethanol Stem Bark Extract of Bombax costatum in Murine Models by Meshack Antwi-Adjei, Kofi Oduro Yeboah, James Oppong-Kyekyeku, Newman Osafo

“…Bombax costatum (Bombacaceae) is traditionally used as a decoction of the leaves, stem, and root to treat headaches, fever, and oedema that may be associated with inflammatory conditions. …”
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Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia and Immune Thrombocytopenia: A Unique Presentation of Kawasaki Disease by Chloe Kupelian, Bindu Sathi, Deepika Singh

“…The presentation is typically preceded by five or more days of fever with additional clinical findings including rash, peripheral edema, mucositis, conjunctival changes, and unilateral cervical lymphadenopathy. …”
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Global Fluoroquinolone Resistance Epidemiology and Implictions for Clinical Use by Axel Dalhoff

“…In general, the continued increase in fluoroquinolone resistance affects patient management and necessitates changes in some guidelines, for example, treatment of urinary tract, intra-abdominal, skin and skin structure infections, and traveller’s diarrhea, or even precludes the use in indications like sexually transmitted diseases and enteric fever.…”
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Two Atypical Cases of Hantavirus Infections from Sri Lanka by N. D. B. Ehelepola, B. M. L. S. Basnayake, S. M. B. Y. Sathkumara, K. L. R. Kaluphana

“…The Old World (Asia and Europe) viruses give rise to hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), and the New World (Americas) viruses cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). …”
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Optimal control of chikungunya disease: Larvae reduction, treatment and prevention by Djamila Moulay, M. A. Aziz-Alaoui, Hee-Dae Kwon

“…Since the 1980s, there has been a worldwide re-emergence of vector-borne diseases including Malaria, Dengue, Yellow fever or, more recently, chikungunya. These viruses are arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) transmitted by arthropods like mosquitoes of Aedes genus. …”
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HEPATOPROTECTIVE EFFECT OF LECITHIN-BASED PREPARATION ON EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL LIVER TOXICITY by Ye. V. Kuzminova, M. P. Semenenko, Ye. V. Tyapkina, V. A. Sobolev

“…The rats demonstrated the following apparent signs of intoxication on day 2 after administration: anorexia, depression, dyspnea, fever.Per os administration of rape lecithin at a dose of 1 ml/kg of body weight one hour before hepatotoxicant administration and then daily for subsequent 30 days reduces intoxication manifestations and improves survivability of the rats. …”
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A Rare Case of Lemierre-Like Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review by Judy Ibrahim, Muhammad Bassel Noureddin, Ali Lootah, Aisha Al Khalidi, Ghassan Ghatasheh, Hossam Al Tatari

“…We report a case of a 6-year-old boy, who presented with fever and headache with a history of sore throat. …”
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Zoonotic Diseases in India: A Growing Concern by Mamata Panda

“…Examples of some of these in recent times include COVID-19, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, <i>Zika virus</i>, and <i>Nipah virus</i>. …”
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