Diagnosis: Acute cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in an immunocompetent host. This patient was admitted to the hospital, and serologic testing for CMV revealed positive IgM and IgG responses. PCR of a blood sample for CMV DNA revealed 3500 copies/mm. Because of her severe and prolonged symptoms, the patient received oral valgancyclovir (900 mg b.i.d.), with resolution of fever within 24 h after ...

28 A voriconazole-resistant isolate of Aspergillus fumigatus was recovered from an 29 immunocompetent patient receiving long-term antifungal therapy for cerebral 30 aspergillosis. A G448S amino acid substitution in the azole target (Cyp51A) was 31 identified as the cause accounting for the resistant phenotype. This article 32 describes the first isolation of a voriconazole-resistant A. fumigatu...

An immunocompetent patient recovering from gallstone-induced pancreatitis had to be readmitted due to abdominal pain, fever, and rapid deterioration. Computed tomography guided needle aspiration established the diagnosis of pancreatic necrosis infection; microbiological investigations revealed monoinfection with Lactobacillus paracasei subspecies tolerans. To our knowledge, this is the first de...

Mycobacterium lentiflavum is a recently described nontuberculous mycobacterium that has mainly clinical importance in young children with cervical lymphadenitis and in immunocompromised patients. We describe a case of chronic pulmonary infection in an immunocompetent patient. Our observation confirms clinical, diagnostic, and treatment difficulties in the management of M. lentiflavum infection.

Septic arthritis is an uncommon condition with an incidence of 2-3/100,000. It is clinically notable, however, as it is a rapidly destructive joint disease with significant associated morbidity and mortality. Polyarticular septic arthritis has an estimated incidence of 15% of all cases of infectious arthritis. We report a case of polyarticular septic arthritis with involvement of bilateral shou...

Tuberculosis, an ancient disease continues to be a health care burden in Malaysia in the 21st century. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is a less common presentation of tuberculosis and in particular peripancreatic tuberculous lymphadenitis is rarely seen. We report a case of a young immunocompetent boy presenting with a two month history of non productive chronic cough associated with loss of appet...

Malignant syphilis is an uncommon manifestation of secondary syphilis, in which necrotic lesions may be associated with systemic signs and symptoms. Generally it occurs in an immunosuppressed patient, mainly HIV-infected, but might be observed on those who have normal immune response. Since there is an exponential increase in the number of syphilis cases, more diagnoses of malignant syphilis mu...

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in an immunocompetent patient Nicolien M. van der Kolk, Peer Arts, Ingeborg W. M. van Uden, Alexander Hoischen, Frank L. van de Veerdonk, Mihai G. Netea & Brigit A. de Jong Department of Neurology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Department of Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Department...

How to Cite this Article: Wisit Cheungpasitporn. Severe Adenovirus Pneumonitis in an Immunocompetent Patient. Ann Med Health Sci Res. 2017; 7: 222-223 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited ...

Nocardia farcinica is a gram-positive, partially acid-fast, methenamine silver-positive aerobic actinomycete that is infrequently associated with nocardiosis. The relative frequency of Nocardia farcinica isolates in nocardiosis is unknown but thought to be under diagnosis. It is increasingly been recognized in immunocompetent patients. We report a case of disseminated Nocardia farcinica causing...