Volume 17, Issue 2 (2021) | American Journal of Infectious Diseases

COVID 19-How is the Exposure of the Pediatric Population? A Systematic Review Protocol

Vitória Monteiro Monte Oliveira — 2021-04-12

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 12 April 2021; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2021.49.54

Solid information on exposure and how to treat COVID-19 in pediatric patients is not yet conclusive in the literature, because of this it is necessary to make a critical analysis of the available data...

Pulmonary Cryptococcosis Complicated by Pneumococcal Pneumonia Co-Infection with Influenza AVirus

Yoshihiro Kobashi — 2021-04-22

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 22 April 2021; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2021.55.60

A 73-year-old man visited Kawasaki Medical School Hospital with complaints of cough and fever persisting for five days. He was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis in 2010 and had received immunosuppressi...

A Case of Leptospira Ards- “Obsession with COVID-19 Leading to Delayed Diagnosis of Common Disease

Prakash Tendulkar — 2021-04-30

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 30 April 2021; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2021.61.64

Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection caused by spirochaete. It’s a gram-negative bacterium. It spreads Through animal urine or soil or water contaminated with Animal urine (Rat), when coming into ...

Asymptomatic COVID-19 Patients: Experience and Lessons from a Developing Country

Sylvie Kolani — 2021-05-22

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 22 May 2021; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2021.65.70

The world is facing a pandemic due to the SARS-Coronavirus 2, since late 2019. Many questions remain unanswered regarding the disease course. Key amongst its talking point is the case of asymptomatic ...

Mycobacterium Chimaera. A Lethal Enemy of Cardiac Surgery

Anna Llorens Ferrer — 2021-06-01

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 1 June 2021; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2021.71.75

Mycobacterium chimaera (M. chimaera) can cause disseminated infection and Infective Endocarditis (IE) in patients with previous cardiac surgery. M. chimaera is acquired during cardiopulmonary bypass v...

Echocardiography in Infective Endocarditis: An Update on its Usefulness: How, When, How Much and Where?

Josep Maria Frigola — 2021-05-27

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 27 May 2021; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2021.76.87

Echocardiography is the main imaging technique in the diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis (IE). In 85-90% of cases this diagnosis is based on some echocardiographic criteria. Transthoracic echocardiog...