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Respiratory failure secondary to Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.

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Three previously healthy patients presented with bilateral pulmonary infiltrates, hypoxemia, and respiratory failure associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. None had underlying pulmonary or immune deficiency diseases. One died with dense fibrotic reorganization of the lungs, and another

Serious pH1N1 influenza illness and pneumonia despite inactivated vaccine: success of prompt diagnosis and treatment.

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A 42-year-old bedridden patient suddenly became seriously ill with an unexplained fever (39 degrees C) and hypoxemia (pulse oximetry oxygen saturation: patient, 90%; normal, >98%). He had received the inactivated vaccine for pandemic 2009 H1N1-influenza (pH1N1) 41 days earlier. He had no cough, sore

[Influence of concomitant illness on clinical manifestations and severity of A/H1N1 influenza infection among patients hospitalized in the Hospital of Infectious Diseases in Warsaw--clinical cases].

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Many cases of swine flu is mild or even asymptomatic. The recent cases have been much more severe, and many patients have presented pneumonia, respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Illness-related fatalities have been recorded among individuals hospitalized in The

Necrotizing tracheobronchitis with progressive airflow obstruction associated with paraneoplastic pemphigus.

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Paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP) is an autoimmune disease associated with leukemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. A patient with stage IVB poorly differentiated lymphocytic lymphoma developed characteristic upper and lower airway involvement with profound mucocutaneous erosion and tracheobronchial

[Fire eater's lung (hydrocarbon pneumonitis)].

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Hydrocarbon pneumonitis is usually related to accidental poisoning in children. We describe a case of hydrocarbon pneumonitis after petroleum aspiration in an adult fire eater. The main symptoms were cough, dyspnea, chest pain and fever. The patient showed bilateral infiltrates in the middle and

Respiratory complications following hydrocarbon aspiration in children.

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Accidental hydrocarbon ingestion may lead to aspiration and chemical pneumonitis in children. In this review article, the clinical course of hydrocarbon pneumonitis, chest radiographic abnormalities, complications, and treatment interventions are summarized. Most children remain asymptomatic and

[Vascular changes in genesis of necrotic and inflammatory lesions of the lungs in Wegener's granulomatosis].

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Clinico-morphological and histochemical studies of changes in the lungs were carried out in 15 fatal cases of Wegner's granulomatosis. Morphological manifestations of the lesions consisted in bilateral extensive destructive-productive panangiitis in the system of bronchial, was well as pulmonary

[Dermatomyositis associated with anti-MDA5 antibodies and pneumocystis pneumonia: Two lethal cases].

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BACKGROUND Dermatomyositis associated with anti-MDA-5 autoantibodies is a recently-described clinical entity. Herein we report two lethal cases involving pneumocystis pneumonia. METHODS Case no 1. A 56-year-old male patient developed cutaneous symptoms consistent with dermatomyositis without

[Pulmonary complications in adult measles].

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The clinical features of pulmonary complications were evaluated in 15 patients with adult measles diagnosed by clinical and serologic investigations. Of those 15 patients, 12 were admitted because of high fever, sever anorexia and dyspnea. Almost all patients were found to have thrombocytopenia,

[Ciliary disorders of the bronchi in children].

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The present study relates to 39 children, 24 boys and 15 girls, aged 1 to 17 (mean age, 6 1/2 years) suffering from chronic airflow obstruction without muco-viscidosis. The search for a ciliary anomaly was motivated either by the coexistence of situs inversus (group I: 12 cases) or by the negative

[Acute respiratory distress syndrome in the initial phase of myocardial infarction in adults].

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Four patients developed an acute respiratory distress syndrome characterised by clinical and radiological signs of pulmonary oedema, a protein-rich oedema, severe hypoxemia refractory to oxygen therapy, contrasting with normal left ventricular filling pressures and indicating increased permeability

Viral pneumonia and pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: the cause and the effect, case report.

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Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare lung disease characterized by the accumulation of amorphous lipoproteinaceous material in the distal air spaces due to defective surfactant clearance by alveolar macrophages. This leads to impaired gas exchange and arterial hypoxemia of varying degrees.

Aspiration pneumonia.

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The clinical presentation and course of chemical pneumonitis after inhalation of gastric contents ranges from mild and self-limited to severe and life-threatening, depending on the nature of the aspirate and the underlying condition of the host. In the absence of witnessed inhalation of vomit,

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