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Madura foot is a chronic infection caused by fungus and/or bacteria. Traditionally, treatment has been surgical debridement or amputation. Non-invasive management with long-term antimicrobials alone has been reported as successful. We report a case of Madura foot in a Somali refugee successfully managed with oral posaconazole and ciprofloxacin.
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Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Antifungal Agents/therapeutic use , Ciprofloxacin/therapeutic use , Mycetoma/drug therapy , Triazoles/therapeutic use , Administration, Oral , Adult , Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage , Antifungal Agents/administration & dosage , Ciprofloxacin/administration & dosage , Drug Therapy, Combination , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Mycetoma/pathology , Triazoles/administration & dosage , Young AdultSubject(s)
Bronchial Fistula/diagnostic imaging , Embolism, Air/etiology , Heart Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Heart Ventricles/diagnostic imaging , Adult , Bronchial Fistula/complications , Embolism, Air/diagnostic imaging , Fatal Outcome , Heart Diseases/complications , Humans , Male , RadiographyABSTRACT
Isolated visceral arteriopathies of the celiac and hepatic artery are rare. We present a case of a Caucasian man who presented with abdominal pain and was found to have a spontaneous celiac artery dissection. Genetic analysis revealed a mutation consistent with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV. The patient died 2 months later from a spontaneous rupture of his hepatic artery.
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Global travel is associated with an increasing incidence of helminthic infections in nonendemic regions. We describe a patient with recurrent hemoptysis from a chronic infection not commonly found in the USA.
