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Medicina Interna: o Passado, o Presente e o Futuro. A Visão do Interno
Moreira Marques, TO presente artigo é um exercício de reflexão um interno sobre a evolução da especialidade, desde o seu passado, passando pelo presente e pensando o futuro. Tem como objectivo promover a reflexão e discussão interpares sobre a evolução da especialidade, os objectivos comuns para o futuro e, ainda, a importância da revisão das necessidades de formação e curriculares nesta especialidade.
Weil's Disease in a Young Homeless Man Living in Lisbon
Moreira Marques, T; Nascimento, P; Almeida, A; Tosatto, VLeptospirosis is a zoonotic disease of worldwide distribution caused by infection with Leptospira genus bacteria, a pathogenic spirochaete. We present the case of a 29-year-old man admitted to our hospital with fever and multiorgan failure. He provided poor information about his symptoms. No recent travel or occupational history was reported and his clinical presentation did not suggest any infectious foci. His...
Recurrent Klebsiella Pneumoniae Infection Causing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Im...
Tosatto, V; Cruz, C; Ferreira, T; Moreira Marques, T; Boattini, M; Almeida, A; Barata Moura, RThe authors report the case of an 86-year-old woman presenting with recurrent Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteraemia. She had severe aortic stenosis submitted to a recent transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Initially, Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteraemia from a urinary source was diagnosed. Following another 4 episodes of bacteraemia with the same agent, the source was ultimately found to be a periprostheti...