Abstract There is credible evidence that the 1984-Bhopal-methyl isocyanate (MIC)-gas-exposed long-term survivors and their offspring born post-exposure are susceptible to infectious/communicable and non-communicable diseases. Bhopal's COVID-19 fatality rate suggests that the MIC-gas tragedy survivors ar...
Despite the medical advances and interventions to improve the quality of life of those in intensive care, people with cancer or severely immunocompromised or other susceptible hosts, invasive fungal diseases (IFD) remain severe and underappreciated causes of illness and death worldwide. Therefore, IFD co...
Abstract Tuberculosis is one of the most common infections worldwide with particularly high incidence rates in countries with unfavorable socioeconomic conditions and among persons with impaired immune systems. While most patients with this disease will present with pulmonary tuberculosis, immunocompromi...
O HIV é o vírus da imunodeficiência adquirida, que leva o paciente a desenvolver a Síndrome da Imunodeficiência adquirida – AIDS, a manifestação clínica avançada do vírus. No período de 2012 a 2016, houve um aumento nos diagnósticos entre as pessoas que são portadoras de HIV, assim como a ...
Introducción: la tuberculosis epiglótica constituye una entidad rara, cuya frecuencia ha experimentado un aumento en los últimos años, secundaria al desarrollo de nuevos métodos diagnósticos y el incremento en la esperanza de vida. Típicamente se presenta en personas inmunocomprometidas, siendo m...
Abstract This report describes a case of unusual deep skin ulcers with tortuous sinus tract formation in an immunocompetent woman. She was initially diagnosed with a Staphylococcus aureus skin infection and histopathologically diagnosed with pyoderma gangrenosum. However, culture from the deep end of rib...
