Fatal pneumonia in an immunocompetent individual

Toxoplasma gondii Pneumonia in an Immunocompetent Individual

Fatal type 3 adenoviral pneumonia in immunocompetent adult identical twins.

We describe adult twin sisters who developed severe adenoviral pneumonia with relative leukopenia, progressive focal infiltrates, shock, and hypoxia. Potential determinants of severe adenoviral disease are discussed.

orbital mucormycosis in an immunocompetent individual.

background: orbital mucormycosis caused by zygomycetes is a rare and fatal infection that generally affects the patients who  are  immunocompromised.  despite  antifungal  therapy  and  aggressive  surgical  intervention,  mucormycosis  can cause serious and rapidly fatal infections if delayed diagnosis or therapeutic management occurs. here, we report orbital mucormycosis in a healthy boy, wit...

Fatal disseminated toxoplasmosis in an immunocompetent cat.

A 10-year-old domestic short hair cat was referred for investigation of anorexia and polydipsia of 3 days' duration. Clinically the cat was obese, pyrexic (39.8 °C), had acute abdominal pain and severe bilirubinuria. Haematology and serum biochemistry revealed severe panleukopenia, thrombocytopenia, markedly elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and five-fold increased pre-prandial bile acids...

fatal disseminated cryptococcus infection in an immunocompetent patient

introduction cryptococcosis is an opportunistic fungal infection mostly in immunocompromised patients. here we present the immunocompetent case with crypotoccosis. case presentation a 60-year-old man without any history of immunodeficiency or major risk factor of fungal infection, referred to the emergency department with systemic symptoms and low back pain. the patient’s condition gradually de...