Evaluation of Status of Getting ill with SARS CoV-2 and the Knowledge of Using and Attitudes of Personal Protective Equipment at Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Services Employees by Hasan Kara, Fatma Sözen Özmen

“…Of the subjects who experienced COVID-19 infection, 73.8% had fatigue, 67.9% had bone and muscle ache, 47.7% had fever, 42.5% had a cough and 27% had loss of taste, smell, and gastrointestinal symptoms and 25.3% had dyspnea. …”
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Toxic epidermal necrolysis with thrombocytopenia induced by intravenous immunoglobulin: a case report and mini review by Yoshihiro Nishita, Masatoshi Taga, Nozomi Arakawa, Tomoki Ishida, Sawako Ochiai, Hiroto Ono, Fumiaki Taga, Togen Masauji

“…Abstract Background Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), a severe cutaneous hypersensitivity reaction induced particularly by drugs, is diagnosed when there is a fever of ≥ 38 °C, mucocutaneous symptoms, a rash with multiple erythema, and skin peeling of ≥ 30% of the body surface area. …”
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Marburg virus VP35 can both fully coat the backbone and cap the ends of dsRNA for interferon antagonism. by Shridhar Bale, Jean-Philippe Julien, Zachary A Bornholdt, Christopher R Kimberlin, Peter Halfmann, Michelle A Zandonatti, John Kunert, Gerard J A Kroon, Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Ian J MacRae, Ian A Wilson, Erica Ollmann Saphire

“…Filoviruses, including Marburg virus (MARV) and Ebola virus (EBOV), cause fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans and non-human primates. All filoviruses encode a unique multi-functional protein termed VP35. …”
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Diagnostic value of procalcitonin for differentiation between bacterial infection and noninfectious inflammation in febrile children with systemic autoimmune diseases by Sathishkumar Loganathan, Sathish Kumar

“…Methods: It was a cross-sectional study and children with systemic autoimmune disease such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) presenting with fever (>38°C) were recruited. Results: Out of 24 children included, 16 had SLE (11 in disease flare group and 5 in infection group) and 8 had disease flare of Systemic JIA. …”
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COVID-19 in Children with Congenital Heart Diseases: A Multicenter Case Series from Iran by Hassan Esmaeeli, Mehdi Ghaderian, Keyhan Sayadpour Zanjani, Seyyedeh Fatemeh Ghalibafan, Mehrzad Mahdizadeh, Mohammad Hassan Aelami

“…The more common clinical symptoms were cough, dyspnea, and fever. Two patients did not survive the illness. …”
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New-Onset Diabetes in Children during COVID-19: Clinical Case Report by M. Aabdi, A. Aarab, O. Es-Saad, K. Malki, H. Bkiyar, B. Housni

“…A 3-year-old child presented to the Emergency Department with loss of consciousness (without fever), lethargy, and stupor. Clinical assessment on admission found an unconscious child with a pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale of 10/15 with no localizing signs or meningeal syndrome, polypneic of 35 breaths/min, pulse oximetry of 90%, with signs of overall dehydration: skin folds, sunken eyes, tachycardia of 160 beats/minute, and recoloring time superior at 3 seconds. …”
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Hyalomma aegyptium: Observed global distribution, imported specimens, preferred hosts and vector competence by Franz Rubel

“…These are the two blood parasites Hemolivia mauritanica and Hepatozoon kisrae as well as Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever.…”
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Neurosarcoidosis Presentation as Adipsic Diabetes Insipidus Secondary to a Pituitary Stalk Lesion and Association with Anti-NMDA Receptor Antibodies by Jose Gabriel Solis, Arturo Olascoaga Lugo, Marco Antonio Rodríguez Florido, Bayron Alexander Sandoval Bonilla, Jose Malagón Rangel

“…Clinical presentation varies across case report series with myriad of symptoms ranging from fever, respiratory symptoms, and skin lesions, or atypical symptoms like heart block or neurological symptoms. …”
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Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Single Center Retrospective Study in Malaysia by Piem Jie Leong, Anna Farazilah Mohd Salleh

“…More than half were presented with all three symptoms: fever (57%), dyspnea (71.4%), and hemoptysis (85.7%). …”
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Seasonal and Spatial Variation in the Diet of <i>Gambusia holbrooki</i> in Different Water Bodies of Karaburun Peninsula (Western Türkiye) by Gülşah Saç, Sevan Ağdamar, Ümit Acar, Daniela Giannetto

“…The Eastern mosquitofish <i>Gambusia holbrooki</i> Girard, 1859, has been widely introduced into tropical and temperate countries as a biological agent to control mosquitos, which are associated with diseases such as malaria and yellow fever. However, the species exhibits invasive characteristics by competing with native species for food and habitat use. …”
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Zika, a Mosquito-Transmitted Virus by L. Phil Lounibos, Barry W. Alto, Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena, Cynthia C. Lord, Chelsea T. Smartt, C. Roxanne Rutledge Connelly, Jorge R. Rey

“…Local transmission, mainly by the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti, has now been documented in most tropical countries of the Americas but has not yet been detected in the continental United States. …”
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Severe Pulmonary Infection in a 20-Month-Old Female by Yasmeen Mann, Paul Zeller, Kristen Carrillo-Kappus, Melissa Victor, Mary Moore

“…History included a week-long cough, fever, dyspnea, single occurrence of seizure-like activity, and a sick contact. …”
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Brugada Syndrome and Pregnancy: Highlights on Antenatal and Prenatal Management by Laura Giambanco, Domenico Incandela, Antonio Maiorana, Walter Alio, Luigi Alio

“…Among asymptomatic Brugada patients, arrhythmia could be provoked by physical activity, fever, or pregnancy. About obstetrical management, very few data or reports have been published since this syndrome has been diagnosed in late 1992. …”
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Type III Mixed Cryoglobulinemia and Antiphospholipid Syndrome in a Patient With Partial DiGeorge Syndrome by Alice D. Chang, Raffi Tachdjian, Kerry Gallagher, Deborah K. McCurdy, Charles Lassman, E. Richard Stiehm, Ora Yadin

“…He presented with recurrent fever and dyspnea upon exertion secondary to right pulmonary embolus on chest computed tomography (CT). …”
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Chest CT characterization of children with necrotizing pneumonia due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection by Jiapu Hou, Ruiyang Sun, Xue Zhang, Wanyu Jia, Peng Li, Chunlan Song

“…The number of days of fever and cases of respiratory distress were significantly greater in group B than in group A. …”
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Hemophagocytic syndrome: Laboratory and molecular characterization by Nooran Salem Yaseen, Sadiq Khalaf Ali, Hussam Saadi Aziz

“…BACKGROUND: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a life-threatening syndrome of fever, cytopenia, and organomegaly resulting from immune activation and cytokine storm. …”
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A Case of Clozapine-Induced Myocarditis in a Young Patient with Bipolar Disorder by Ronny Cohen, Alla Lysenko, Thierry Mallet, Brooks Mirrer, Michael Gale, Pablo Loarte, Robert McCue

“…The main findings on physical examination were tachycardia, low-grade fever, crackles in both lung bases on auscultation, and the absence of any notable edema. …”
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Two Case Reports of Neuroinvasive West Nile Virus Infection in the Critical Care Unit by Edgardo M. Flores Anticona, Hadeel Zainah, Daniel R. Ouellette, Laura E. Johnson

“…The second case is an 81-year-old man who presented with mental status changes, fever, lower extremity weakness, and difficulty in walking. …”
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Parasitological, Hematological, and Immunological Response of Experimentally Infected Sheep with Venezuelan Isolates of Trypanosoma evansi, Trypanosoma equiperdum, and Trypanosoma... by Nereida Parra-Gimenez, Armando Reyna-Bello

“…T. vivax caused an acute infection with severe anemia showing a drop of more than 70% of the hematocrit value, high fever, and rapid deterioration of physical condition, for 36 days of infection. …”
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A Case of Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis in a Previously Healthy Child by Toshihiko Okumura, Nobuyuki Tetsuka, Makoto Yamaguchi, Takako Suzuki, Yuka Torii, Jun-ichi Kawada, Yoshinori Ito

“…The patient presented with redness and swelling of the neck and fever. He was treated with an antimicrobial agent for the diagnosis of cervical lymphadenitis. …”
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