Invasive Meningococcal Disease and COVID-19 Co-Infection: A Case Report.

This case report presents a 53-year-old male patient infected with COVID-19 who developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and septic shock due to meningococcemia, despite the absence of clinical signs of meningitis. This patient's condition was complicated by pneumonia in the setting of myocardial failure. In the curse of the disease, it is remarked that the importance of early recognition of sepsis symptoms is crucial in distinguishing patients with COVID-19 from those with other infections and preventing fatal outcomes. The case presented an excellent opportunity to review meningococcal disease's intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors. With the identified risk factors, we propose different measures to be considered to diminish and recognize this fatal disease early.

Importance of diagnostic coronary arteries testing in asymptomatic myocardial ischemia / Importancia de exámenes diagnósticos de la arteria coronaria en isquemia miocárdica asintomática

In Myanmar, with recent advances on cardiac intervention, and diagnostic capability, we discuss different techniques on proper diagnosis of different types of coronary disease. We reviewed a case with one known vessel disease diagnosed by CT coronary arteries and then, were found to be two vessels disease when diagnostic cardiac catheterization was done. We discussed the uses and the limitations of various cardiac tests, including Coronary CT angiography (CCTA), Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (cMRI), Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization (CC), Multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) via a literature review.(AU)

En Myanmar, con los avances recientes en la intervención cardíaca y la capacidad de diagnóstico, discutimos diferentes técnicas sobre el diagnóstico adecuado de los diferentes tipos de enfermedad coronaria. Revisamos un caso con una enfermedad vascular conocida diagnosticada por arterias coronarias por TC y luego, se descubrió que era una enfermedad de dos vasos cuando se realizó el cateterismo cardíaco de diagnóstico. Discutimos los usos y las limitaciones de varias pruebas cardíacas, incluidas la angiografía coronaria por tomografía computarizada (CCTA), las imágenes de resonancia magnética cardíaca (cMRI), el cateterismo cardíaco diagnóstico (CC), la tomografía computarizada con multidetectores (MDCT) a través de una revisión de la literatura.(AU)