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Infectious Disease Reports, Volume 17, Issue 1

February 2025 - 15 articles

Cover Story: Therapeutic options include topical treatments applied directly to the affected area, oral treatments, essentials oils, and even external therapies, such as laser, iontophoresis, or photodynamic therapy. In some cases, combined treatment may even be necessary and indicated, depending on the location, area of involvement, and the causative agent. Therefore, to prevent diabetic foot ulcers and the downstream effects, there is an urgent need for the treatment of onychomycosis in patients with diabetes and diabetic foot. In severe cases of onychomycosis, there may be subungual lesions; therefore, the use of oral therapies is recommended. Problems emerge when analyzing the possible interactions of the drugs taken by this patient profile with oral antifungal treatments. View this paper
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Articles (15)

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,910 Views
13 Pages

13 February 2025

Background/ Objectives: Long COVID or post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) are symptoms that manifest despite passing the acute infection phase. These manifestations encompass a wide range of symptoms, the most common being fatigue, sho...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,764 Views
10 Pages

Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Associated with BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in a Kidney Transplant Recipient: A Case Report and Literature Review

  • Eleonora Francesca Pattonieri,
  • Marilena Gregorini,
  • Maria Antonietta Grignano,
  • Tefik Islami,
  • Gioacchino D’Ambrosio,
  • Gianluigi Ardissino and
  • Teresa Rampino

11 February 2025

Case Report: We report a case of a 37-year-old female with kidney transplant, who was admitted at our hospital due to worsening renal function, nephrotic proteinuria, and anemia developed 21 days after the second dose of BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine (Pf...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
2,269 Views
9 Pages

A Report of Two Uncommon Cases of Mycobacterium chelonae with Localized and Disseminated Skin and Soft Tissue Infection

  • Libardo Rueda Prada,
  • Marko Gorasevic,
  • Tatjana Gavrancic,
  • Aayushi J. Rajani,
  • Jason C. Sluzevich,
  • Sangeeta Nair-Collins and
  • Ravi V. Durvasula

Background: Mycobacterium chelonae is a ubiquitous, rapidly growing, nontuberculous mycobacteria that primarily affects immunocompromised patients. The most common presentation is an atypical, chronic skin and soft tissue infection. Due to its high r...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,174 Views
24 Pages

Immune Alterations and Viral Reservoir Atlas in SIV-Infected Chinese Rhesus Macaques

  • Julien A. Clain,
  • Morgane Picard,
  • Henintsoa Rabezanahary,
  • Sonia André,
  • Steven Boutrais,
  • Ella Goma Matsetse,
  • Juliette Dewatines,
  • Quentin Dueymes,
  • Elise Thiboutot and
  • Gina Racine
  • + 5 authors

Background/Objectives: Over the last decades, our projects have been dedicated to clarifying immunopathological and virological events associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection. Methods: By using non-human primate models of pathoge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,628 Views
10 Pages

Impact of Severity of COVID-19 in TB Disease Patients: Experience from an Italian Infectious Disease Referral Hospital

  • Virginia Di Bari,
  • Carlotta Cerva,
  • Raffaella Libertone,
  • Serena Maria Carli,
  • Maria Musso,
  • Delia Goletti,
  • Alessandra Aiello,
  • Antonio Mazzarelli,
  • Angela Cannas and
  • Giulia Matusali
  • + 3 authors

Background/Objectives: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health issue, further complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study assesses the clinical outcomes of TB-COVID-19-coinfected patients compared to those with TB disease alone at an Ita...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,675 Views
15 Pages

Plasma Lipopolysaccharide-Binding Protein (LBP) Is Induced in Critically Ill Females with Gram-Negative Infections—Preliminary Study

  • Alexander Utrata,
  • Niklas Schmidtner,
  • Patricia Mester,
  • Stephan Schmid,
  • Martina Müller,
  • Vlad Pavel and
  • Christa Buechler

Background/Objectives: Men are more susceptible to sepsis than women, but the underlying pathways have not been fully clarified. Lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP) is an acute-phase protein that is highly elevated in sepsis. Experimental eviden...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,712 Views
11 Pages

Mpox Cases in Serbia, 2022

  • Petar Đurić,
  • Verica Jovanović,
  • Mitra B. Drakulović,
  • Dragana Plavša,
  • Jovan Malinić,
  • Aleksandar Medarević,
  • Jelena Protić and
  • Nana Mebonia

Background: On 23 July 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the mpox multi-country outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. This study aimed to identify the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of confirme...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,042 Views
8 Pages

Cytomegalovirus Blood DNAemia in Patients with Severe SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia

  • Jean-Baptiste Mesland,
  • Christine Collienne,
  • Virginie Montiel,
  • Alexis Werion,
  • Philippe Hantson,
  • Xavier Wittebole,
  • Pierre-François Laterre and
  • Ludovic Gerard

Introduction: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNAemia has been described in critically ill patients, including patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Our objective is to evaluate the prevalence and clinical impact...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,464 Views
12 Pages

Background/Objectives: In an 18- to 24-month Treatment Phase with once-daily efinaconazole 10% solution, subjects with onychomycosis showed an increased rate of cure at Month 24 versus the phase III trials. In order to further improve efficacy, we in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,630 Views
13 Pages

Early Use of Liraglutide for the Treatment of Acute COVID-19 Infection: An Open-Label Single-Center Phase II Safety Study with Biomarker Profiling

  • Eloara V. M. Ferreira,
  • Rudolf K. F. Oliveira,
  • Reinaldo Salomao,
  • Milena K. C. Brunialti,
  • Martyella B. A. Cardoso,
  • Chien-nien Chen,
  • Lan Zhao and
  • Colm McCabe

Background: Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists are an existing treatment option for patients with insulin-resistant states, which elicit further pleiotropic effects related to immune cell recruitment and vascular inflammation. GLP-1 agonists do...

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