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We report the first two cases of tuberculous coinfection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. canettii. Both patients were young Djiboutian females with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). One had a miliary pattern with concomitant human immunodeficiency virus infection. Both recovered completely with a standard four-drug anti-tuberculosis treatment regimen. Due to the different natural reservoirs and routes of infection of these two strains, our study supports the common belief that multiple strains of infection in TB are related to superinfection rather than concomitant infection.
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Infecções por Mycobacterium/diagnóstico , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolamento & purificação , Mycobacterium/isolamento & purificação , Tuberculose Pulmonar/diagnóstico , Adulto , Antituberculosos/administração & dosagem , Coinfecção , Quimioterapia Combinada , Feminino , Humanos , Infecções por Mycobacterium/tratamento farmacológico , Infecções por Mycobacterium/microbiologia , Resultado do Tratamento , Tuberculose Pulmonar/tratamento farmacológico , Tuberculose Pulmonar/microbiologia , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Causes of hypereosinophilia among travelers returning from North Africa are dominated by helminth infections, especially when associated with gastrointestinal signs. Non-infectious causes must nonetheless be investigated after negative microbiological assessment and failure of a broad empiric antiparasite treatment. We report the case of a young man with epigastralgia and major weight loss since a stay in Tunisia. Empiric treatment with albendazole was not successful. Eosinophilic gastroenteritis was diagnosed and resolved under corticosteroid treatment.
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Enterite/diagnóstico , Eosinofilia/diagnóstico , Gastrite/diagnóstico , Helmintíase/diagnóstico , Doença Relacionada a Viagens , Adulto , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Enterite/complicações , Enterite/parasitologia , Eosinofilia/complicações , Eosinofilia/parasitologia , Gastrite/complicações , Gastrite/parasitologia , Helmintíase/complicações , Humanos , Masculino , Dor/etiologia , TunísiaAssuntos
Infecções Pneumocócicas/microbiologia , Piomiosite/microbiologia , Amoxicilina/uso terapêutico , Anti-Inflamatórios não Esteroides/efeitos adversos , Anti-Inflamatórios não Esteroides/uso terapêutico , Diagnóstico Tardio , Músculos Isquiossurais/lesões , Hematoma/etiologia , Humanos , Imunocompetência , Masculino , Militares , Mialgia/tratamento farmacológico , Mialgia/etiologia , Esforço Físico , Infecções Pneumocócicas/diagnóstico , Infecções Pneumocócicas/tratamento farmacológico , Piomiosite/diagnóstico , Piomiosite/etiologia , Ruptura Espontânea , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Tuberculosis is a common pulmonary disease, which is still endemic in disadvantaged communities. Pericarditis is a rare but very lethal visceral localization. The authors report the case of a 58-year-old man, without neither medical history nor social risk, who presented a cardiac tamponade as the first and atypic manifestation of a visceral tuberculosis.
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Tamponamento Cardíaco/microbiologia , Pericardite/microbiologia , Tuberculose/complicações , Doença Aguda , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Tuberculose/diagnóstico , VíscerasRESUMO
INTRODUCTION: Mycoplasma pneumonia (MP) infection may be associated with several neurological complications. Encephalitis, which affects children and rarely young adults, is the most frequent. CASE REPORT: A 23-year-old man was admitted for pneumonia with encephalitis. Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection was documented by serology, and polymerase chain reaction in the cerebrospinal fluid. Despite serious initial presentation, outcome was favourable with levofloxacin treatment. CONCLUSION: MP infection should be considered as a potential aetiology in acute encephalitis in young people and in individuals with respiratory symptoms. Antibiotic therapy (fluoroquinolones or macrolides) should be used if MP is strongly suspected or in case of severe acute meningo-encephalitis.
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Encefalite/tratamento farmacológico , Levofloxacino/uso terapêutico , Mycoplasma pneumoniae , Pneumonia por Mycoplasma/complicações , Pneumonia por Mycoplasma/tratamento farmacológico , Adulto , Encefalite/microbiologia , Humanos , Masculino , Mycoplasma pneumoniae/isolamento & purificação , Resultado do Tratamento , Adulto JovemRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Infectious diseases are a frequent cause of morbidity in French troops deployed abroad. They are usually minor in severity and managed by field practitioners. We aimed to describe the etiological spectrum of travel-related infections in French soldiers evacuated to a level 4 military treatment facility. METHODS: We evaluated the diagnoses of all service members who were medically evacuated from abroad to our infectious diseases department from January 1, 2004 to October 30, 2013. RESULTS: One hundred and twenty five cases, median age 32 years were referred, 117 (94%) were male and 78 (62%) were from the Army. Main areas of deployment were Africa in 80 cases (64%), Afghanistan in 15 cases (12%), and French Guiana in 10 cases (8%). Median time between initial consultation and hospitalization in the reference center was 5 days (IQ 2-7 d). Thirty (24%) immediate aeromedical evacuations were carried out. The top five diagnoses were Plasmodium falciparum malaria (30), fever of unknown origin (15), cerebro-meningeal infections (10), invasive amebiasis (9), and HIV primary infections (9). Thirteen individuals were admitted in ICU. No death was recorded. CONCLUSIONS: Infectious diseases were a rare of cause of medevac. Most of them were preventable. Lethal etiologies were represented by malaria and cerebro-meningeal infections.
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Doenças Transmissíveis/epidemiologia , Emergências/epidemiologia , Militares/estatística & dados numéricos , Transporte de Pacientes/estatística & dados numéricos , Adulto , Aeronaves , Feminino , França , Humanos , Malária , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Retrospectivos , Adulto JovemRESUMO
We report the case of a patient who presented with a thrombus of the aortic arch complicated with splenic, renal and peroneal artery embolisms, associated with transient lupus anticoagulant, during a Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. The outcome was good under antibiotic and anticoagulant treatment. We also review the medical literature on M. pneumoniae-related thromboses.
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Doenças da Aorta/complicações , Mycoplasma pneumoniae/isolamento & purificação , Pneumonia por Mycoplasma/complicações , Tromboembolia/complicações , Tromboembolia/diagnóstico , Adulto , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Anticoagulantes/uso terapêutico , Doenças da Aorta/microbiologia , Ecocardiografia Transesofagiana , Humanos , Rim/patologia , Masculino , Períneo/patologia , Pneumonia por Mycoplasma/microbiologia , Baço/patologia , Tromboembolia/patologia , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
We report a secondary case of rifampicin-resistant meningococcal disease and our experience in managing contact cases. Rifampicin resistance resulting from rpoB gene mutations is still uncommon enough that changing the current recommendations for chemoprophylaxis is unwarranted. However, ensuring limited but appropriate chemoprophylaxis may prevent the development of antimicrobial resistance. Thus, the definition of contact cases should be strictly respected. In the case of culture-positive Neisseria meningitidis, in vitro susceptibility testing to rifampicin must be systematically performed in order to detect rifampicin-resistant strains and, thus, institute appropriate prophylaxis in order to prevent secondary transmission.
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Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Farmacorresistência Bacteriana , Meningite Meningocócica/tratamento farmacológico , Meningite Meningocócica/microbiologia , Neisseria meningitidis/efeitos dos fármacos , Rifampina/uso terapêutico , Adolescente , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Antibioticoprofilaxia/métodos , Feminino , Humanos , Meningite Meningocócica/prevenção & controle , Meningite Meningocócica/transmissão , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Neisseria meningitidis/isolamento & purificação , Rifampina/farmacologiaRESUMO
We describe the first isolation in France of a New-Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In March 2012, a patient with history of prior hospitalisation in Serbia was diagnosed in France with acute pyelonephritis due to NDM-1 producing P. aeruginosa. Clinical and microbiological cure was obtained under appropriate antibiotic treatment. Two months later, she presented with a recurrence due to the same bacteria, with a favourable evolution. During both hospitalisations, contact isolation precautions were implemented and no cross-transmission was observed.
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Infecções por Pseudomonas/microbiologia , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/genética , Pielonefrite/microbiologia , Viagem , beta-Lactamases/genética , Doença Aguda , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Farmacorresistência Bacteriana Múltipla , Feminino , França , Hospitalização , Humanos , Infecções por Klebsiella/microbiologia , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Infecções por Pseudomonas/tratamento farmacológico , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/efeitos dos fármacos , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/isolamento & purificação , Pielonefrite/tratamento farmacológico , Recidiva , Sérvia , Cateterismo Urinário/efeitos adversos , Infecções Urinárias/microbiologia , Infecções Urinárias/prevenção & controle , Resistência beta-Lactâmica/efeitos dos fármacosAssuntos
Nitrito de Amila/efeitos adversos , Anemia Hemolítica/induzido quimicamente , Infecções por HIV/complicações , Drogas Ilícitas/efeitos adversos , Abuso de Inalantes/diagnóstico , Administração por Inalação , Adulto , Nitrito de Amila/administração & dosagem , Anemia Hemolítica/complicações , Fármacos Anti-HIV/uso terapêutico , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Didesoxinucleosídeos/uso terapêutico , Infecções por HIV/tratamento farmacológico , Humanos , Abuso de Inalantes/sangue , Abuso de Inalantes/complicações , Iraque , Lamivudina/uso terapêutico , Masculino , Viagem , Zidovudina/uso terapêuticoRESUMO
Mycoplasma pneumoniae can cause varied hematologic manifestations that are frequently associated with lower respiratory tract infections. Acute febrile hemolysis without respiratory symptoms is quite rare. We describe the case of a 25-year-old man, admitted for acute fever with hemolysis, after returning from Djibouti. M. pneumoniae infection was proved by serological testing. A favorable outcome followed macrolide treatment.
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Anemia Hemolítica/etiologia , Febre/etiologia , Pneumonia por Mycoplasma/complicações , Adulto , Djibuti , Humanos , Masculino , Militares , ViagemAssuntos
Mycoplasma pneumoniae/isolamento & purificação , Pancreatite/etiologia , Pneumonia por Mycoplasma/complicações , Dor Abdominal/etiologia , Doença Aguda , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Anticorpos Antibacterianos/sangue , China , DNA Bacteriano/sangue , Feminino , Humanos , Imunoglobulina G/sangue , Imunoglobulina M/sangue , Lipase/sangue , Mycoplasma pneumoniae/genética , Mycoplasma pneumoniae/imunologia , Ofloxacino/uso terapêutico , Pancreatite/sangue , Pancreatite/diagnóstico , Pancreatite/tratamento farmacológico , Pneumonia por Mycoplasma/diagnóstico , Pneumonia por Mycoplasma/tratamento farmacológico , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Viagem , Adulto JovemRESUMO
An 81-year-old man was admitted for generalized weakness, erythrodermia and eosinophilia. His chest CT showed nodules related to lung adenocarcinoma. Chemotherapy induced a tumour response with the disappearance of the erythrodermia and eosinophilia. A tumour relapse indicating the recurrence of the erythrodermia and eosinophilia was confirmed 2 months after completion of the chemotherapy. The outcome was rapidly fatal. The evolution of the symptoms suggests that eosinophilic erythrodermia is a paraneoplastic syndrome. Cutaneous paraneoplastic syndromes are rare but may be associated with lung cancer.
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Adenocarcinoma/complicações , Dermatite Esfoliativa/etiologia , Eosinofilia/etiologia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/complicações , Síndromes Paraneoplásicas/etiologia , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Humanos , MasculinoRESUMO
INTRODUCTION: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in the immunocompetent is generally silent or it may present as a mononucleosis like syndrome but, rarely, it can lead to symptomatic manifestations. CASE REPORT: An immunocompetent and previously healthy 43- year-old woman presented with fever, dyspnoea, liver cell necrosis and a mononucleosis syndrome. The CT scan showed diffuse ground-glass opacity. BAL and blood cultures were sterile. Urinary antigens (Legionella pneumophila, Streptococcus pneumoniae) and serology for atypical respiratory pathogens (Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia sp.) were negative. A diagnosis of CMV pneumonia was established on serology (presence of anti-CMV IgM) and PCR detection of viral DNA in the serum. Without antiviral therapy, there was a favourable clinical outcome 1 week later and 1 month later the CT scan was normal. CONCLUSION: CMV infection can lead, exceptionally. to a hypoxic pneumonia in the immunocompetent host. Antiviral therapy should not be prescribed systematically.
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Infecções por Citomegalovirus/complicações , Pneumonia Viral/etiologia , Adulto , Infecções por Citomegalovirus/diagnóstico , Infecções por Citomegalovirus/imunologia , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Imunocompetência , Imunoglobulina G/sangue , Imunoglobulina M/sangue , Pneumonia Viral/diagnóstico por imagem , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Radiografia Torácica , Fatores de TempoAssuntos
Antirreumáticos/efeitos adversos , Artrite Reumatoide/tratamento farmacológico , Imunoglobulina G/efeitos adversos , Legionelose/diagnóstico , Infecções Oportunistas/diagnóstico , Antirreumáticos/administração & dosagem , Etanercepte , Humanos , Imunoglobulina G/administração & dosagem , Masculino , Metotrexato/uso terapêutico , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Receptores do Fator de Necrose Tumoral/administração & dosagem , Fatores de Risco , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/antagonistas & inibidoresRESUMO
INTRODUCTION: Selectivity of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors (Cox2 inhibitors) decreased gastroduodenal toxicity of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Effects on colic mucosa are little known. OBSERVATION: A case history is described of a 38-year-old women, without digestive past, who presented with hemorrhagic ulcerated acute colitis beginning 2 days after starting celecoxib (200 mg/d) prescribed for sciatica. DISCUSSION: Intrinsic imputability of celecoxib is very probable in this case report by combination of chronological and semiological criteria. Extrinsic imputability is discussed, starting from the available bibliographical data which relate primarily to rofecoxib. CONCLUSION: This observation, which constitutes, as far as we know, the first case report of hemorrhagic ulcerated colitis related to celecoxib, confirms the colic toxicity of anti-Cox2 and identify a new cause of acute colitis. Report of colic side effects with Cox2 inhibitors is required because of their new marketing.
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Anti-Inflamatórios não Esteroides/efeitos adversos , Colite Ulcerativa/induzido quimicamente , Hemorragia Gastrointestinal/etiologia , Pirazóis/efeitos adversos , Sulfonamidas/efeitos adversos , Doença Aguda , Adulto , Anti-Inflamatórios não Esteroides/uso terapêutico , Celecoxib , Colite Ulcerativa/complicações , Feminino , Humanos , Pirazóis/uso terapêutico , Ciática/tratamento farmacológico , Sulfonamidas/uso terapêuticoRESUMO
PURPOSE: Autoimmune manifestations (AIM) are associated to common variable immunodeficiency (CVI) in about 20 to 25% of the cases. This study presents the clinical, biological characteristics and the evolution of nine patients developing CVI and AIM. A peripheral B-cell compartment analysis has been performed in seven cases. METHOD: This multicenter retrospective study analyses nine patients, six men and three women, within a population of 32 CVI. RESULTS: The mean age was 27 years at the time of diagnosis of AIM and 30 years at the time of diagnosis of CVI. The diagnosis of AIM preceded the diagnosis of CVI in five cases. Thirteen AIM of different types were observed: autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AHA, 3), immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP, 2), Evan's syndrome (2), primary biliary cirrhosis (1), rheumatoid arthritis (1), alopecia totalis (1), myasthenia gravis (1). The peripheral B-cell compartment was investigated in seven patients: five patients with autoimmune cytopenia presented with a diminution of memory B cells (CD27+IgD-) and immature B cells (CD21-) levels; the patient with primary biliary cirrhosis and myasthenia gravis had only a diminution of memory B cells level; the last patient with ITP presented with a normal level of memory B cells. Five among the seven patients with autoimmune cytopenia required a specific treatment using corticosteroids, high dosages of intravenous immunoglobulin, then splenectomy after failure of the medical management, with severe infectious complications in one case. CONCLUSION: The association of AIM and CVI is not fortuitous. The most common AIM is autoimmune cytopenia. The peripheral B-cell compartment analyses show that a majority of patients have a defect in memory B-cells. Treatment regimens are not standardized and splenectomy increases the risk of infectious complications.
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Doenças Autoimunes/complicações , Imunodeficiência de Variável Comum/complicações , Adolescente , Corticosteroides/uso terapêutico , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Alopecia/complicações , Alopecia/imunologia , Anemia Hemolítica/complicações , Anemia Hemolítica/imunologia , Anemia Hemolítica Autoimune/complicações , Anemia Hemolítica Autoimune/imunologia , Artrite Reumatoide/complicações , Artrite Reumatoide/imunologia , Doenças Autoimunes/etiologia , Doenças Autoimunes/imunologia , Linfócitos B/imunologia , Imunodeficiência de Variável Comum/diagnóstico , Imunodeficiência de Variável Comum/imunologia , Feminino , Humanos , Hipergamaglobulinemia/complicações , Hipergamaglobulinemia/imunologia , Imunoglobulina M , Imunoglobulinas Intravenosas/administração & dosagem , Imunoglobulinas Intravenosas/uso terapêutico , Imunofenotipagem , Lactente , Cirrose Hepática Biliar/complicações , Cirrose Hepática Biliar/imunologia , Transplante de Fígado , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Multicêntricos como Assunto , Miastenia Gravis/complicações , Miastenia Gravis/imunologia , Púrpura Trombocitopênica Idiopática/complicações , Púrpura Trombocitopênica Idiopática/imunologia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Esplenectomia , Síndrome , Trombocitopenia/complicações , Trombocitopenia/imunologiaRESUMO
INTRODUCTION: Among the new identified causes of so-called idiopathic acute pancreatitis are chronic inflammatory diseases of the intestine. OBSERVATION: A 21 year-old man was hospitalised for the third episode of unexplained acute pancreatitis. Digestive endoscopies revealed an ulcerated terminal ileitis compatible with Crohn's disease. DISCUSSION: The frequency of idiopathic pancreatitis in patients exhibiting a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine is of around 1%. Pancreatic involvement may precede the digestive manifestations of Crohn's disease and its clinical expression varies. An auto-immune mechanism appears to be responsible.