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Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33263701

ABSTRACT

Skins infections caused by Mycobacterium marinum occur only rarely. We report one case of chronic and extensive M. marinum cutaneous infection simulating chromoblastomycosis and review the pertinent literature. A 52-year-old farmer reported a 32-year chronic skin problem on his right lower limb, resulting from contact with cacti. It consisted of skin lesion presenting with dyschromic atrophic center plate and verrucous borders with hematic crusts, extending from the knee anteriorly to the inferior third of the right leg. Mycobacterium marinum infection was detected by histopathological examination of a skin fragment, culture for mycobacteria and genetic mapping of the culture material. The patient was successfully treated with Ethambutol, Rifampicin and Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole. The clinical and histopathological findings of M. marinum infection is nonspecific showing clinical polymorphism and bacilli are rarely evident on histopathological examination. Given these difficulties, it is essential to perform tissue culture in a suspicious case and it is important keep this infection in mind in patients with long-lasting indolent verrucous lesions and a history of exposure to sea water, freshwater, aquaria or fish.


Subject(s)
Chromoblastomycosis/diagnosis , Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/diagnosis , Mycobacterium marinum/isolation & purification , Animals , Chromoblastomycosis/drug therapy , Ethambutol/therapeutic use , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/drug therapy , Rifampin/therapeutic use , Skin/pathology , Treatment Outcome , Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination/therapeutic use
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Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo ; 62: e63, 2020 Sep 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32901760

ABSTRACT

In late 2019, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged as the cause of a cluster of pneumonia cases in China, and the corresponding disease was designated as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), spreading quickly around the world resulting in a pandemic. COVID-19 is associated with a set of coagulation abnormalities that increase the risk of thromboembolic events, especially in patients with severe/critical disease. We describe a series of five cases of mild COVID-19, treated in an outpatient clinic, which, after an apparent clinical improvement, developed acute pulmonary embolism (APE) between the third and the fourth week after the onset of symptoms, when they are mostly related to acute illness disappearance. Thromboembolic events are also a potential complication of mild COVID-19 and can manifest later in the disease course. This finding raises discussion about the prevention of thromboembolic events in selected group of patients with mild COVID-19.


Subject(s)
Coronavirus Infections/complications , Pneumonia, Viral/complications , Pulmonary Embolism/virology , Acute Disease , Adult , Betacoronavirus , Brazil , COVID-19 , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Pandemics , Pulmonary Embolism/diagnosis , SARS-CoV-2
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Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo ; 60: e74, 2018 Nov 14.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30462797

ABSTRACT

Rhodococcus equi is a facultative aerobic, intracellular, non-motile, non-spore-forming, Gram-positive, weakly acid-fast coccobacillus belonging to the group of nocardioform actinomycetes. R. equi infections are rare opportunistic illnesses in patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), associated with a high mortality rate. The most common clinical presentation of R. equi infections is a chronic cavitary pneumonia. Due to its acid-fastness, R. equi can be mistaken for others acid-fast organisms, as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In turn, R. equi is also a gram-positive pleomorphic bacteria and can be mistaken for diphtheroids or Micrococcus organisms, being accidentally disregarded as oral contaminants in sputum cultures. Therefore, in Brazil, a highly prevalent tuberculosis (TB) country, pulmonary infections caused by R. equi may mimic pulmonary TB and represent a diagnostic challenge. Here, we report on a case of chronic cavitary pneumonia by R. equi in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-infected patient, focusing on diagnostic aspects.


Subject(s)
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/microbiology , Actinomycetales Infections/microbiology , Pneumonia, Necrotizing/microbiology , Rhodococcus equi , Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/diagnosis , Actinomycetales Infections/diagnosis , Chronic Disease , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Pneumonia, Necrotizing/diagnosis
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