Mucormycosis is the third most common invasive fungal infection with a high mortality rate seen in immunocompromised patients. It an increasingly well-reported that affects recipients of solid-organ transplant. The incidence mucormycosis patients heart transplants ranges from 0 to 0.6%. We reported case young transplant male recipient.

Penicilliosis is an opportunistic infection in HIV-infected and other immunocompromised patients mostly in Southeast Asia, Southern China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, with respiratory manifestations in about one-third of patients. We report the case of a 26-year-old non-HIV immunocompromised patient presenting with an airway obstruction caused by penicilliosis, together with a review of the literatu...

To the Editor: Chikungunya fever was fi rst described in Tanganyika (now Tanzania) in 1952 and is now emerging in Southeast Asia. Chi-kungunya virus (CHIKV) infection, a self-limiting febrile illness, shares similarities with dengue fever such as headache and myalgia. Additionally , patients with CHIKV infection typically have arthralgia, arthritis, and tenosynovitis (1). Although usually benig...

A total of 26 isolates of Nocardia were obtained from 700 pulmonary specimens from all age group and both sexes over a period of one year from August 2012 to July 2013.Maximum number of Nocardia were recovered from sputum(96.15%) followed by pleural fluid(3.85%). Highest incidence was observed in people more than 50 yr age group and males were more infected than females. Risk factors were COPD,...

AbstractBackground Immunocompromised patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have prolonged infectious viral shedding for more than 20 days. A test-based approach is suggested de-isolation of these patients. Methods The strategy was evaluated by comparing severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2) load (cycle threshold (Ct) values) and culture at the t...

BACKGROUND Our aim was to examine the effect of a compromised immune state on the outcomes in patients treated for metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). METHODS A retrospective analysis of patients with metastatic cutaneous SCC to the parotid and neck treated at Greenlane Hospital between 1992 and 2002 was conducted. Outcomes were compared between immune-competent and immunocomp...