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Appropriateness of Empirical Prescriptions of Ceftriaxone and Identification of...

Third-generation cephalosporins are widely used due to the convenient spectrum of activity, safety, and posology. However, they are associated with the emergence of multidrug-resistant organisms, which makes them important targets for antimicrobial stewardship interventions. We aimed to assess the appropriateness of empirical prescriptions of ceftriaxone in a tertiary hospital. This cross-sectional study analys...

Epidemiology of Clostridioides Difficile Infection in Portugal: a Retrospective...

Introduction: Clostridioides difficile is the main cause of healthcare-associated diarrhea in Europe and North America. The aim of this study was to characterize the epidemiology and clinical burden of Clostridioides difficile infection among hospitalized patients in Portugal. Material and methods: Retrospective study conducted in six public hospital centers in Portugal. All primary Clostridioides difficile inf...

Non-COVID-19 Respiratory Viral Infection

Implemented control measures brought about by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have changed the prevalence of other respiratory viruses, often relegating them to a secondary plan. However, it must not be forgotten that a diverse group of viruses, including other human coronaviruses, rhinoviruses, respiratory syncytial virus, human metapneumoviruses, parainfluenza and influenza, continue to be re...

Transient Symptomatic Zinc Deficiency in an Exclusively Breastfed Infant

A 3-month-old, full term female infant, adequate for gestational age, and exclusively breastfed, was admitted with a 10 day history of generalised scaling erythematous dermatitis, affecting the face (perinasal, nasolabial folds and periauricular), acral and intertriginous areas, with irritability and failure to thrive. Her mother had been treated with isoniazid since the third trimester because of family contac...

Neoplasias malignas síncronas: um diagnóstico citológico pouco frequente

A ocorrência simultânea de duas neoplasias malignas primárias é uma condição pouco frequente, predisposta por fatores ambientais e genéticos. Descrevemos o caso clínico de uma mulher de 50 anos, fumadora, com diagnóstico de linfoma linfocítico/ leucemia linfocítica crónica (LLC). Após a deteção de um nódulo no lobo superior do pulmão direito e de múltiplas adenopatias mediastínicas, foi efetuada broncofibroscop...

Late-onset neonatal sepsis caused by group a streptococcus - an unlikely agent

Metatarsal Salmonella enteritidis osteomyelitis in a healthy child

Non-typhoidal Salmonella osteomyelitis in healthy children is a very rare condition. A previously healthy 7-year-old boy presented with foot pain following a small injury. Local inflammatory signs of the foot were observed, with a normal radiograph. Two weeks before, he had had gastroenteritis. Assuming cellulitis, flucloxacillin was began. Early during admission, surgical subcutaneous abscess drainage was perf...

Persistent radiologic thoracic hypotransparency: A case report and review of th...

A thymolipoma is a slow-growing, anterior mediastinal tumor, rare in childhood. The authors present a report of a 4-year-old girl with persistent right thoracic hypotransparency on the chest radiograph. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed an anterior, well-limited, mediastinal mass of heterogeneous density, with lipomatous and soft tissue density areas. The tumor was totally excised and ...

Lipschütz ulcer and group A streptococcal tonsillitis

Lipschütz ulcers (LU) are non-sexually related genital ulcers, rarely reported. We describe a healthy 11-year-old girl, who presented with fever and a painful vulvar ulcer associated with erythematous tonsillitis. Throat swab test for Group A Streptococcus (GAS) was positive. She was treated with amoxicillin. Further investigation was negative, including Herpes Simplex virus DNA from ulcer swab and serology for...

Mononucleose Infeciosa e Hepatite Colestática: Uma Associação Rara

A mononucleose infeciosa é uma das principais manifestações clínicas da infeção pelo vírus Epstein-Barr. Nesta síndrome, a elevação das aminotransferases é comum mas a colestase é rara, havendo poucos casos descritos na literatura. Adolescente, 14 anos, sexo feminino, admitida no serviço de urgência por febre, odinofagia e adenomegália cervical. Iniciou tratamento com amoxicilina e dois dias depois iniciou icte...