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Zhou Y, Qiu B, Jiang J, Chen T, Wang L, Yang Y, Ruan S, Chen Y, Fang H, Jin J, Yang N. Case report: Experience and insights on the treatment of two cases of cryptococcal meningitis during the later stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Front Immunol 2024; 15:1361277. [PMID: 38711522 PMCID: PMC11072183 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1361277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024] Open
Abstract
In the late stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, there's an increasing trend in opportunistic infections, including bacterial and fungal infections. This study discusses the treatment process of two cases of cryptococcal meningitis during the COVID-19 pandemic. It highlights the importance of laboratory testing for these co-infections and stresses the need for vigilance, early diagnosis, and proactive treatment to improve patient outcomes in the post-pandemic era.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yuli Zhou
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hangzhou First People’s Hospital, Westlake University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, People’s Hospital of Tonglu County, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Marketing Department, Guilin URIT Medical Electronic Co., Ltd., Guilin, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People’s Hospital, Westlake University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hangzhou First People’s Hospital, Westlake University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hangzhou First People’s Hospital, Westlake University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hangzhou First People’s Hospital, Westlake University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, People’s Hospital of Tonglu County, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, People’s Hospital of Tonglu County, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Gu M, Ji D, Lu Y, Ping G, Yan C. Rare primary pulmonary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma misdiagnosed with tuberculosis: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore) 2023; 102:e36125. [PMID: 37986314 PMCID: PMC10659730 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000036125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Revised: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023] Open
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RATIONALE Primary pulmonary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (MALToma) is a rare subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma with a relatively low incidence rate clinically. Atypical clinical symptoms and nonspecific chest computed tomography features of the disease make it difficult to determine and treatment is delayed. We discuss the diagnosis and treatment of a patient with primary pulmonary MALToma to raise clinicians' awareness of this condition. PATIENT CONCERNS A 66-year-old male patient with a medical history of tuberculosis has been experiencing progressive exacerbation of respiratory symptoms and nonresponsive treatment without an unclear diagnosis for 5 years. He was transferred to our hospital because a nonspecific soft tissue mass in the right upper lobe of the lung was found on his chest computed tomography. Laboratory results with serum immunofixation electrophoresis showed polyclonal immunoglobulin (Ig) G, IgM, IgA, and λ-light chain on admission. DIAGNOSIS Pathological examination and immunohistochemical staining of lung biopsy revealed a definitive diagnosis of pulmonary MALToma with stage IV. INTERVENTIONS AND OUTCOMES The patient received immunotherapy with anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody (rituximab), and showed significant clinical improvement at the 6-month follow-up. CONCLUSIONS AND LESSONS Diagnosis of primary pulmonary MALToma mainly relies on histopathological examination, and comprehensive laboratory examinations are also necessary. Clinicians should combine laboratory tests (such as immunofixation electrophoresis in our case) to assist in medical diagnosis in cases of atypical clinical manifestations and imaging characteristics. Immunotherapy appears to be the main treatment protocol for advanced patients.
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- Min Gu
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing, China
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Chen LC, Hung KH, Tseng YJ, Wang HY, Lu TM, Huang WC, Tsao Y. Self-Supervised Learning-Based General Laboratory Progress Pretrained Model for Cardiovascular Event Detection. IEEE J Transl Eng Health Med 2023; 12:43-55. [PMID: 38059127 PMCID: PMC10697297 DOI: 10.1109/jtehm.2023.3307794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 07/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Leveraging patient data through machine learning techniques in disease care offers a multitude of substantial benefits. Nonetheless, the inherent nature of patient data poses several challenges. Prevalent cases amass substantial longitudinal data owing to their patient volume and consistent follow-ups, however, longitudinal laboratory data are renowned for their irregularity, temporality, absenteeism, and sparsity; In contrast, recruitment for rare or specific cases is often constrained due to their limited patient size and episodic observations. This study employed self-supervised learning (SSL) to pretrain a generalized laboratory progress (GLP) model that captures the overall progression of six common laboratory markers in prevalent cardiovascular cases, with the intention of transferring this knowledge to aid in the detection of specific cardiovascular event. METHODS AND PROCEDURES GLP implemented a two-stage training approach, leveraging the information embedded within interpolated data and amplify the performance of SSL. After GLP pretraining, it is transferred for target vessel revascularization (TVR) detection. RESULTS The proposed two-stage training improved the performance of pure SSL, and the transferability of GLP exhibited distinctiveness. After GLP processing, the classification exhibited a notable enhancement, with averaged accuracy rising from 0.63 to 0.90. All evaluated metrics demonstrated substantial superiority ([Formula: see text]) compared to prior GLP processing. CONCLUSION Our study effectively engages in translational engineering by transferring patient progression of cardiovascular laboratory parameters from one patient group to another, transcending the limitations of data availability. The transferability of disease progression optimized the strategies of examinations and treatments, and improves patient prognosis while using commonly available laboratory parameters. The potential for expanding this approach to encompass other diseases holds great promise. CLINICAL IMPACT Our study effectively transposes patient progression from one cohort to another, surpassing the constraints of episodic observation. The transferability of disease progression contributed to cardiovascular event assessment.
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- Li-Chin Chen
- Research Center for Information Technology InnovationAcademia SinicaTaipei11529Taiwan
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- Research Center for Information Technology InnovationAcademia SinicaTaipei11529Taiwan
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- Department of Computer ScienceNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityHsinchu30010Taiwan
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- Department of Laboratory MedicineLinkou Chang Gung Memorial HospitalTaoyuan City33342Taiwan
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- Division of CardiologyDepartment of Internal MedicineTaipei Veterans General HospitalTaipei112201Taiwan
- Department of Health Care CenterTaipei Veterans General HospitalTaipei112201Taiwan
- Department of Internal MedicineSchool of Medicine, College of MedicineNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityTaipei112304Taiwan
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- Division of CardiologyDepartment of Internal MedicineTaipei Veterans General HospitalTaipei112201Taiwan
- Department of Internal MedicineSchool of Medicine, College of MedicineNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityTaipei112304Taiwan
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringNational Taiwan UniversityTaipei10617Taiwan
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- Research Center for Information Technology InnovationAcademia SinicaTaipei11529Taiwan
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VanLeuven AJ, Szymik BG, Ramsey LM, Hesse DW. A multi-year evaluation of medical student performance on and perceptions of collaborative gross anatomy laboratory examinations. Anat Sci Educ 2023; 16:557-566. [PMID: 36102481 DOI: 10.1002/ase.2223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Revised: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/10/2022] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Collaborative testing and its benefits have been reported in diverse disciplines across different types of academic institutions. However, there has been minimal research conducted on collaborative assessments in medical schools, particularly in the gross anatomy laboratory. The objectives of this study were to explore the effect of collaborative anatomy laboratory examinations on student performance and to gauge student perceptions of this assessment format. This study examined five academic years of medical students' performance on a two-stage, collaborative anatomy laboratory examination wherein each student's overall score was a weighted combination of scores from the individual and team examination. Analyses of a descriptive survey capturing students' perceptions of the assessment method were also performed. Individual examination averages increased since implementing the collaborative assessment (p < 0.001), and team examination averages were higher than individual examination averages (p < 0.001). Teams outperformed each of their team members 98% of the time. Teams had a greater than 0.90 incidence of answering a question correctly if more than one person in the group got the answer correct on the individual portion, and a 0.66 incidence of answering correctly if only one person in their group answered correctly on the individual portion. Student feedback identified the discussions and learning that took place during the team portion to be a beneficial feature of this assessment format. Students also reported that this collaborative assessment made them feel a higher level of responsibility to perform well, and that it improved their understanding of gross anatomy.
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- Ariel J VanLeuven
- Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA
- Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA
- Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Office of Educational Enrichment, Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership, Athens, Georgia, USA
- Department of Cellular Biology, Franklin College of Art and Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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Hu Q, Yang X, Gao P, Tang J, Liu Q, Du Q, Yang F, Wu C, Liu L, Bi D, Xiong D. Variability between testing methods for SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid detection 16 days post-discharge: a case report. Clin Chem Lab Med 2020; 58:e123-e127. [PMID: 32549133 DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2020-0328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Qiongying Hu
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, P.R. China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, P.R. China
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- Intensive Care Unit, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, P.R. China
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- Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, P.R. China
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- Neurology Department, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, P.R. China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, P.R. China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, P.R. China
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- Pathology Department, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, P.R. China
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- Pathology Department, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, P.R. China
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- Nuclear Medicine Department, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, P.R. China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, P.R. China
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卓 伟, 高 雅, 杨 春, 许 影, 张 银, 朱 东, 平 宝. [Clinical characteristics of hemophagocytic syndrome: analysis of 46 cases]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2018; 38:769-773,封三. [PMID: 29997104 PMCID: PMC6765713 DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-4254.2018.06.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the clinical manifestations, laboratory findings, treatment and prognosis of patients with hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS). METHODS A retrospective study was carried out to analyze the underlying disease, clinical characteristics, laboratory findings and outcomes of 46 patients with HPS. RESULTS This cohort included 19 cases of HPS secondary to cancer, 11 cases of HPS secondary to infection, 10 cases of suspected malignant lymphoma based on PET-CT findings (without biopsy), and 6 cases of unknown etiology. The coincidence rate of the clinical characteristics of the patients with the indices listed in HPS-2004 criteria were: fever (100%), elevated serum ferritin (100%), cytopenias (93.48%), splenomegaly (91.30%), hemophagocytosis in the bone marrow, spleen or lymph nodes (84.78%), hypofibrinogenemia (67.39%), and hypertriglyceridemia (54.05%). The cases of cancer, infections and unknown etiology showed significant differences in serum levels of ferritin and β2MG (P<0.05), and significant differences were found in triglycerides, LDH, and fibrinogenemia between the nonfatal and fatal cases (P<0.05). CONCLUSION HPS can be secondary to various underlying diseases, many associated with Epstein-Barr virus infection. Cancer, especially NK/T-cell lymphoma, is the main cause of HPS. Persistent fever, elevated serum ferritin level and cytopenias are the most sensitive indicators for diagnosis of HPS, and early diagnosis and treatment are critical to lower the mortality rate of this disease.
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- 伟彬 卓
- 南方医科大学南方医院 惠侨科,广东 广州 510515Huiqiao Department, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 5105015, China
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- 南方医科大学南方医院 血液科,广东 广州 510515Department of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 5105015, China
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- 南方医科大学南方医院 惠侨科,广东 广州 510515Huiqiao Department, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 5105015, China
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- 南方医科大学南方医院 惠侨科,广东 广州 510515Huiqiao Department, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 5105015, China
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- 南方医科大学南方医院 惠侨科,广东 广州 510515Huiqiao Department, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 5105015, China
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- 南方医科大学南方医院 惠侨科,广东 广州 510515Huiqiao Department, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 5105015, China
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- 南方医科大学南方医院 惠侨科,广东 广州 510515Huiqiao Department, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 5105015, China
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