
Mucormycosis - Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - BMJ Best …
2021年7月30日 · Mucormycosis is a group of mould infections caused by fungi in the class previously known as Zygomycetes, now renamed Mucormycetes. The most common manifestations are rhino-orbito-cerebral infections followed by pulmonary, cutaneous, disseminated, and gastrointestinal infections. Antachopoulos C, Gea-Banacloche JC, Walsh TJ.
Sintomas, diagnóstico e tratamento - BMJ Best Practice
2025年2月28日 · A mucormicose é, predominantemente, uma doença de pacientes imunocomprometidos. Geralmente, são descritos cinco tipos: rino-órbito-cerebral (mais comum), pulmonar, cutânea, disseminada e gastrointestinal (rara).
Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - BMJ Best Practice
2023年5月11日 · Actinomycosis is a rare, pyogenic, granulomatous, subacute to chronic infection caused by actinomycetes. Actinomycetes are a group of anaerobic gram-positive bacteria with high guanine-cytosine content found as natural flora of the oral
Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - BMJ Best Practice
2024年6月25日 · Organizing pneumonia (OP) is defined as organized polypoid granulation tissue in the terminal bronchioles, alveolar ducts and alveoli; it has distinctive radiographic findings, histologic features, and response to therapy.
Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - BMJ Best Practice
2024年4月16日 · CST is the formation of thrombus (clot) within the cavernous sinus, which can either be septic or aseptic. Septic CST is a rapidly evolving thrombophlebitic process with an infectious origin (typically from the middle third of the face, sinuses, ears, teeth, or mouth), affecting the cavernous sinus and its struct
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) - BMJ Best Practice US
Mucormycosis (also known as "black fungus") has been reported rarely, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, predominantly India. Hoenigl M, Seidel D, Carvalho A, et al. The emergence of COVID-19 associated mucormycosis: a review of cases from 18 countries.
Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - BMJ Best Practice
2024年2月27日 · Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection caused by the endemic fungus Coccidioides species and is acquired through inhalation of airborne arthrospores within the endemic areas of the southwest US, northern Mexico, …
Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis
2022年12月1日 · Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are severe skin detachments with mucocutaneous complications associated with a history of medication use, most commonly anticonvulsants, antibiotics, and …
Differential diagnosis of symptoms - BMJ Best Practice
2024年11月22日 · Endobronchial and pulmonary mucormycosis; Endobronchial neuroendocrine tumor (carcinoid) Aspiration of foreign body; Aspiration of gastric contents; Broncholithiasis; Tracheoesophageal fistula; Bronchial telangiectasia; Airway trauma; Dieulafoy disease; Thoracic endometriosis; Pulmonary artery aneurysm; Fat embolism; Tumor thromboembolism ...
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