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Histoplasmosis peritonitis in an immunocompetent patient: case report
Histoplasmosis is a fungal infection most frequently seen in immunocompromised patients. It is endemic in Central and South America and in Africa....
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Disseminated Blastomycosis in an Immunocompetent Patient
Blastomycoses dermatitidis is a dimorphic fungus that can cause disseminated blastomycosis with varying clinical manifestations and multiorgan...
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Intramedullary disseminated sporotrichosis in an immunocompetent patient: case report and review of the literature
BackgroundDisseminated sporotrichosis is a severe opportunistic infection that often affects immunocompromised patients after a cutaneous...
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Human herpesvirus-6 infection in a critically ill and immunocompetent patient: a case report
BackgroundHuman herpesvirus-6 is a rare infection in an immunocompetent adult. In existing literature, there is a dearth of knowledge that mainly...
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Acute cytomegalovirus proctitis and epididymitis acquired via sexual transmission in an immunocompetent patient: a case report
BackgroundWe present a case report of an immunocompetent host with presumed sexually transmitted cytomegalovirus proctitis and epididymitis, where...
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Isolated cryptococcal osteomyelitis of the sacrum in an immunocompetent patient: a case report and literature review
BackgroundCryptococcus neoformans , an opportunistic fungal pathogen, seldom causes infection in immunocompetent people. Cryptococcal osteomyelitis...
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Vertebral osteomyelitis caused by Campylobacter jejuni in an immunocompetent patient
BackgroundCampylobacter jejuni is the leading cause of human bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide. However, systemic infection with C. jejuni is...
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Disseminated Cryptococcus neoformans infection involving multiple bones and lung in an immunocompetent patient: a case report
BackgroundCryptococcal osteomyelitis is a rare and potentially serious condition, typically encountered in individuals with compromised immune...
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Systemic protothecosis in an immunocompetent patient
BackgroundAlthough uncommon, there is increasing interest and public health concerns of the pathogen Prototheca spp , a ubiquitous achlorophilic...
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Thoracic empyema due to nontuberculous mycobacteria in an immunocompetent patient without pulmonary disease: a case report
BackgroundPleural involvement by non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), especially NTM empyema in the immunocompetent patient without pulmonary diseases...
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Mutations in Coding and Non-Coding Regions in Varicella-Zoster Virus Causing Fatal Hemorrhagic Fever Without Rash in an Immunocompetent Patient: Case Report
IntroductionWe report the case of a fatal hemorrhagic varicella primary infection in an immunocompetent man and whole-genome characterization of the...
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An autopsy case of disseminated Cunninghamella bertholletiae infection in an immunocompetent patient: a case report
BackgroundRecently, deaths due to mucormycosis in immunocompromised hosts have increased; however, the clinical and pathological features of...
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Meningitis and spondylodiscitis due to Nocardia nova in an immunocompetent patient
BackgroundDisseminated nocardiosis is a very rare disease. By now only few cases of meningitis and spondylodiscitis have been reported. To our...
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Squamous cell carcinoma associated with an active cutaneous leishmaniasis in immunocompetent patient: case presentation of an unlikely association and literature—review
BackgroundAssociation between leishmaniasis and malignancy can be classified into four categories: leishmaniasis mimicking malignancy, leishmaniasis...
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Rhinocerebral mucormycosis in immunocompetent patients: a case report and review of literature
IntroductionMucormycosis of the head and neck region is a rare but aggressive fungal infection that usually involves immunocompromised patients. More...
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Diagnosis of pulmonary Scedosporium apiospermum infection from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid by metagenomic next-generation sequencing in an immunocompetent female patient with normal lung structure: a case report and literature review
BackgroundScedosporium apiospermum ( S . apiospermum ) belongs to the asexual form of Pseudallescheria boydii and is widely distributed in various...
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Cryptococcosis with pulmonary cavitation in an immunocompetent child: a case report and literature review
BackgroundPulmonary cryptococcosis (PC) rarely occurs in immunocompetent children.
Case presentationA 13-year-old boy was admitted to the First...
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Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis of immunocompetent subjects from Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana: a case series
IntroductionHistoplasmosis is a fungal disease caused by Histoplasma capsulatum . Histoplasma capsulatum var capsulatum is found in Martinique.
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Nasal and laryngeal sporotrichosis in an immunocompetent individual: a case report
BackgroundSporotrichosis is a subcutaneous mycosis caused by a dimorphic fungus, Sporothrix schenckii infection, that usually results from the...
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Aspergillosis Causing Orbital Subperiosteal Abscess in an Immunocompetent Child: A Rare Presentation
Orbital abscesses are primarily seen in children as complication of ethmoid bacterial sinusitis. We report a case of invasive aspergillosis causing...
