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Infectious Disease Reports, Volume 15, Issue 2

2023 April - 8 articles

Cover Story: We report a fatal case of disseminated mpox infection that progressed over more than three months in an HIV-infected patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Mucocutaneous, pleuropulmonary, central nervous system, and gastrointestinal involvement was documented. Despite initiation of antiretroviral therapy and mpox therapy with oral tecovirimat and endovenous cidofovir, the disease continued to progress, and the patient died of septic shock due to a nosocomial agent. This course of disease resembles progressive vaccinia, a formerly reported disease caused by uncontrolled replication of smallpox vaccination orthopoxviruses in immunosuppressed patients. This case offers new clinical insights on the presentation of severe disease in AIDS patients. Moreover, this case shows the need for prompt therapy initiation in patients at risk of ominous clinical progression. View this paper
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Articles (8)

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,187 Views
9 Pages

Study of the Use of Permethrin 5% Cream in Galicia (Spain) between 2018 and 2021

  • Severo Vázquez-Prieto,
  • Antonio Vaamonde and
  • Esperanza Paniagua

19 April 2023

Drug utilization studies can provide direct insights into how a drug is used in real-world conditions and can give a rough estimate of the proportion of the study population treated with it. In the present work, we examined the consumption of permeth...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,018 Views
12 Pages

Willingness of Healthcare Workers to Recommend or Receive a Third COVID-19 Vaccine Dose: A Cross-Sectional Study from Jordan

  • Mohammad Abu Lubad,
  • Munir A. Abu-Helalah,
  • Israa F. Alahmad,
  • Malak M. Al-Tamimi,
  • Mohammad S. QawaQzeh,
  • Ahlam M. Al-kharabsheh,
  • Hamed Alzoubi,
  • Ahmad H. Alnawafleh and
  • Khalid A. Kheirallah

6 April 2023

Background: The availability of COVID-19 vaccines worldwide necessitates measuring healthcare workers’ (HCWs’) willingness to recommend or receive these vaccines. Therefore, we conducted a local study in Jordan to assess HCWs’ willi...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,922 Views
6 Pages

5 April 2023

The outcomes and characteristics of acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection in patients with tuberculosis (TB) represent an evolving area of literature. This retrospective cohort study (March 2020–January 2021) within a large United...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
24 Citations
6,536 Views
16 Pages

31 March 2023

Background: Communicable diseases remain a significant global health issue. The increase in refugees and asylum seekers associated with conflicts may alter the burden of communicable diseases in host countries. We conducted a systematic review of the...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,381 Views
8 Pages

A Case of Oral-Vancomycin-Induced Rash in a Patient with Acute Kidney Injury

  • Milena Cardozo,
  • Angadbir S. Parmar,
  • Libardo Rueda Prada and
  • Fnu Shweta

30 March 2023

Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is one of the most common hospital-acquired infections. Its incidence has increased during the last decade in the community among individuals with no previous risk factors; however, morbidity and mortality are...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,966 Views
9 Pages

Fatal Case of Progressive Mpox in a Patient with AIDS—Viral Enteropathy and Malabsorption Demanding the Use of Full Parenteral ARV and Endovenous Cidofovir

  • João Caria,
  • Francisco Vara-Luiz,
  • Inês Maia,
  • Anneke Joosten,
  • Luís Val-Flores,
  • Hélder Pinheiro,
  • Diana Póvoas,
  • Nuno Germano and
  • Fernando Maltez

16 March 2023

We report a fatal case of disseminated mpox infection that progressed over more than three months in an HIV-infected patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Mucocutaneous, pleuropulmonary, central nervous system, and gastrointestinal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,864 Views
13 Pages

6 March 2023

Tuberculosis (TB), a disease of poverty and inequality, is a leading cause of severe illness and death among people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In South Africa, both TB and HIV epidemics have been closely related and persistent, posing a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,430 Views
8 Pages

1 March 2023

Background: Ticks represent very important vectors of human and zoonotic pathogens, and tick-borne diseases (TBDs) are diagnosed with increasing frequency. Therefore, the aim of this retrospective study was to describe patients presenting with a comp...

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Infect. Dis. Rep. - ISSN 2036-7449