BACKGROUND In the past 3 years,the global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)has posed a great threat to human life and safety.Among the causes of death in COVID-19 patients,combined or secondary bacterial ...
BACKGROUND Clostridioides difficile(C.difficile)colitis is one of the most common infections in hospitalized patients,characterized by fever and diarrhea.It usually improves after appropriate antibiotic treatment;if n...
BACKGROUND Streptococcus suis(S.suis)is an anthropozoonotic pathogen that shows clinical manifestations of meningitis,septicemia,and arthritis in infected humans.Nocardia is another type of anthropozoonotic bacteria,w...
BACKGROUND While tuberculosis(TB)itself is a common disease,isolated TB of the liver is a rare entity.Tubercular involvement of the liver is more commonly a part of a disseminated disease of the hepatic parenchyma.In ...
BACKGROUND Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma(DLBCL)is a common non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.R-CHOP is a protocol for long-term chemotherapy for DLBCL patients.Longterm chemotherapy can lead to low immunity and increase the risk...
Hepatitis C virus(HCV)/human immunodeficiency virus(HIV)coinfection is a major problem among HIV-infected patients,resulting in increased morbidity and mortality rates due to the acceleration of liver fibrosis progres...
BACKGROUND Spinal epidural abscess(SEA)is a rare condition that mostly results from infection with either bacteria or tuberculosis.However,coinfection with bacteria and tuberculosis is extremely rare,and it results in...