Spontaneously Ruptured Dermoid Cysts and Their Potential Complications: A Review of the Literature with a Case Report by Rebecca Yuan Li, Yogesh Nikam, Supuni Kapurubandara

“…The majority of cases report an idiopathic cause with symptoms of abdominal pain, distension, and fever. Computed tomography is the most accurate in detecting ruptured dermoid cysts. …”
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Fatal Case of Probable Invasive Aspergillosis after Five Years of Heart Transplant: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Toufik Mahfood Haddad, Mahesh Anantha Narayanan, Krista E. Shaw, Renuga Vivekanandan

“…A 49-year-old female with a history of two remote heart transplants with the most recent one occurring 5 years ago was admitted for increasing shortness of breath, cough, and fever. Computerized tomography (CT) scan of the chest showed left lower lung ground-glass and tree-in-bud opacities. …”
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Giant Amoebic Liver Abscess: A Rare Diagnosis in a Rural Setting of Sub-Saharan Africa by Cyril Jabea Ekabe, Jules Kehbila, Njinju Asaba Clinton

“…A 13-year-old female Cameroonian presented with subacute onset of upper abdominal pain, high fever, and chest pain for one week. Before presentation, she had been on treatment at a local traditional practitioner during which her symptoms worsen. …”
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An unveiling case of Nocardia pansinusitis in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a case report by Maedeh Najafizadeh, Fatemeh Kourkinejad Gharaei, Reza Manouchehri Ardekani, Mahdi Rafiyan

“…Case presentation In this case report, we present, for the first time, a 55-year-old Iranian male patient diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who was receiving chemotherapeutic drugs and developed a fever. Further laboratory tests and imaging revealed pansinusitis. …”
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Convalescent plasma therapy in severe coronavirus disease-2019: A narrative review by Rasmi Ranjan Sahoo, Kasturi Hazarika, Prashant Bafna, Manesh Manoj, Anupam Wakhlu

“…Even in the antibiotic era, the use of passive immunization strategy continued to expand with promising results against measles, Ebola, Argentine hemorrhagic fever, and Zika viruses. It was also effective in reducing the mortality and viral load in severe acute respiratory syndrome, H5N1, H1N1, and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. …”
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Pyogenic Liver Abscess Caused by Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in a 21-Year-Old Male by Samuel Igbinedion, Meher S. Mavuram, Moheb Boktor, John Bienvenu

“…A 21-year- old man presented from prison to the hospital with fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain for five days. …”
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Problématique de l’accès à l'eau potable dans la ville d’Abéché au Tchad by Dombor Djikoloum Dingao, Djebe Mbaïndogoum, Kem-Allahte Julien, Mahamat Ali Mustapha

“…Waste management, water household management and sanitation are factors of drinking water pollution. Diarrhea and typhoid fever are the most common waterborne diseases (60%). …”
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Sleep and cardiorespiratory function assessed by a smart bed over 10 weeks post COVID-19 infection by Gary Garcia-Molina, Dmytro Guzenko, Susan DeFranco, Mark S. Aloia, Rajasi Mills, Faisal Mushtaq, Virend K. Somers, Eve Van Cauter

“…Nearly 34% had paradoxical bradycardia (decreased heart rate by ~ 10 BPM concomitant with elevated BR and/or fever), with more-severe symptoms. Smart beds can detect physiological changes during COVID-19. …”
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Splenic Abscess: An Uncommon Entity with Potentially Life-Threatening Evolution by Mei-Chun Lee, Chun-Ming Lee

“…Common presentations were fever (11 patients, 68.7%), diffuse abdominal pain (6 patients, 37.5%), left upper quadrant pain or tenderness (6 patients, 37.5%), and left-sided pleural effusions (8 patients, 50%). …”
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Chronic abdominal pain and persistent disorder of nutritional status by V. T. Ivashkin, Ye. A. Poluyektova

“…Symptoms included epigastric pain, sometimes belt-like, not related to food intake, posture or defecation, sensation of bitter taste, fever up to 37,2–37,4 °С without relation to time of day, physical activity or pain intensity. …”
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A Patient with a Right Atrium Mass and Congenital Heart Disease: A Challenging Diagnosis of a Stubborn Disease by Wenyan Wang, Huaicong Long, Zhiying Zhao

“…A 68-year-old Chinese male with a second patent foramen ovale (PFO) and an interventricular septal defect presented at our institute with persistent fever, shortness of breath, repeated paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) attack, and rapidly progressing superior vena cava syndrome. …”
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CELLULAR IMMUNITY AND CYTOKINE PROFILE IN PRE-FARROW AND LACTATING SOWS by A. G. Shakhov, S. V. Shabunin, L. Yu. Sashnina, M. I. Adodina, M. Yu. Zhejnes, K. V. Tarakanova, K. O. Kopytina

“…The cytokine profile of the sows was specified by the recovered numbers of interleukin-1β, tumor necrosis factor-α and γ-interferon, decreased level of interleukin-2 and interleukin-4 that regulate cellular and humoral immunity, respectively as well as their subsequent increase (in particular, interleukin-2) following animal immunization against parvoviral infection and erysipelas on day 7 post farrowing (Parvoruvax vaccine, Merial, France) and against classical swine fever on day 14 post farrowing (culture dry virus-vaccine LK-VNIVIPFIT). …”
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Splenic Artery Infarct Requiring Surgery: A Rare Complication of COVID-19 Infection by Ioannis Dimitriou, Nikolaos Christodoulou, Kleanthis Chatzimargaritis, Aristidis Kaikis, Eirini Kasti, Georgios Triantos

“…He complained of epigastric pain and fever for several days; radiological imaging of the abdomen revealed complete splenic arterial occlusion due to a large infarct. …”
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Infection-Induced Elevated Plasma Perampanel in a Patient with Hemimegalencephaly by Yuya Kinoshita, Hiroe Ueno, Hirofumi Kurata, Chizuru Ikeda, Erika Hori, Takumi Okada, Tomoyuki Shimazu, Isao Fujii, Makoto Matsukura, Hoseki Imamura

“…He was admitted to our hospital with high fever, impaired consciousness, and elevated perampanel plasma level (from 1,300 to 1,790 ng/mL), but with no increase in the concentration of other antiseizure medications. …”
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Total Plasma Exchange for Hypertriglyceridaemia Complicated by Acute Pancreatitis: A Case Report by Dawlat Sany, Wael Ahmed Yousry, Wael Refai, Walid Hassan, Rami Qattan, Yasser Elsahawi

“…Objective: To evaluate the value of plasmapheresis in patients with HTGP with worrisome signs as fever, tachycardia, high inflammatory markers, and pancreatitis. …”
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Life-Threatening Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Posterior Neck by Ji-An Choi, Jung-Ha Kwak, Chung-Min Yoon

“…The wound had grown and was accompanied by pus and redness, and the patient had a fever. When the patient was referred to department of plastic & reconstructive surgery, the sternocleidomastoid muscle, semispinalis capitis muscle, splenius capitis muscle, and trapezius muscles were exposed, and the size of the defect was about 25×20 cm. …”
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Spontaneous Retroperitoneal Hemorrhage in a Patient with Prolymphocytic Transformation of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia by Gwynivere A. Davies, Alejandro Lazo-Langner, Michael Shkrum, Leonard Minuk

“…We present the case of a 76-year-old gentleman with a previous diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia who presented with fatigue, fever, and a white blood cell count of 500 000 with prolymphocytes on peripheral blood examination. …”
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Spontaneous splenic rupture in a teenager as first manifestation of acute myeloid leukemia: Case report and literature review by Antonio Villa, Simona Rossi, Isabella Riva, Cecilia Tedesco, Francesca Maria Zanchettin, Rinaldo Chiumento

“…We describe the case of a 12-year-old boy with a 5-day history of fever and successively left upper quadrant abdominal pain and sudden clinical deterioration necessitating emergency splenectomy. …”
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Impact of Point-of-Care Testing on Diagnosis, Treatment, and Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Viral Infections by Kirthika Lakshmanan, Benjamin M. Liu

“…This review delves into the advancements in POC testing, including antigen/antibody detection and molecular assays, while focusing on their impact on the diagnosis, treatment, and surveillance of VPVIs such as mpox, viral hepatitis, influenza, flaviviruses (dengue, Zika, and yellow fever virus), and COVID-19. The role of POC tests in monitoring viral infection is crucial for tracking disease progression and managing outbreaks. …”
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Ureteral Diaphragmatic Hernia Treated with Ureteral Stenting: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Tateki Yoshino, Ayako Itakura, Shinnosuke Fujikawa, Tomoyuki Sugitani, Kazuo Kawakami, Emi Ishibashi, Koji Kodama, Shota Oshima

“…An 85-year-old woman was introduced to our department with right flank pain, fever elevation, and nausea. Urinalysis showed bacteriuria, and Escherichia coli was detected in the urine culture. …”
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