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Immunocompromised Host* ; Kluyvera* ; Sepsis*

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Immunocompromised Host* ; Korea* ; Sepsis*

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Immunocompromised Host* ; Lung* ; Pneumonia*

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Immunocompromised Host* ; Trichosporon*

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Immunocompromised Host* ; Pneumonia*

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Immunocompromised Host ; Korea ; Sepsis

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Bacteremia ; Immunocompromised Host ; Korea

A 36-year-old-male was admitted complaining of headache, right sided weakness and numbness of upper and lower extremity, and multiple cranial nerve deficits. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging revealed an abscess in the pontomesencephalic junction. Patient was then diagnosed to have Human Immunodeficiency Virus with a CD 4 count of 32 cells/ uL, his CSF assay was positive for Toxoplasmosis IgG and was managed as a case of probable brainstem toxoplasmosis. Patient was treated with Co-Trimoxazole 800/160mg 2 tablets twice a day. Upon discharge the patient clinically improved and was tolerating oral feeding. A repeat cranial magnetic resonance imaging after 6 weeks of antibiotic treatment revealed a decrease of size in the previous lesion. To our knowledge, there are no reported cases in the Philippines that shows the documentation of CNS toxoplasmosis in the brainstem. In this paper, a case of CNS toxoplasmosis in the pons of a newly diagnosed HIV patient is presented and how its course led to a good outcome.
Toxoplasmosis ; Immunocompromised Host

Staphylococcus pettenkoferi is a coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) of growing concern. As CoNS could be an important cause of infections in hospitalized patients, especially in immunocompromised patients, accurate identification is critical to timely and effective treatment. In the past, S. pettenkoferi was not identifed by conventional methods or was misidentified as another Staphylococcus species or another genus. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of S. pettenkoferi identified using Vitek MS (bioMérieux, France). Two patients admitted to our hospital were confirmed to have bacteremia caused by S. pettenkoferi, which was identified in blood cultures using Vitek MS (bioMérieux). Therefore, we recommend using the Vitek MS (bioMérieux) for rapid and accurate identification of the pathogen causing bloodstream infection when CoNS is suspected.
Bacteremia ; Humans ; Immunocompromised Host ; Staphylococcus

Pulmonary mucormycosis is an opportunistic infection manifested by a fatal angioinvasive fungal pneumonia in immunocompromised patients or those suffering from uncontrolled diabetes. The radiologic findings are nonspecific, but there have been several reports of cases of pulmonary mucormycosis in which characteristic endobronchial lesions were present, with a more indolent clinical course in diabetic patients. We describe a case of pulmonary mucormycosis in a diabetic patient in whom endobronchial involvement was apparent.
Humans ; Immunocompromised Host ; Mucormycosis* ; Opportunistic Infections ; Pneumonia