A haemato-neuro-renal diagnostic challenge in advanced HIV: multiple opportunistic infections including novel Mycobacterium chelonae pyelonephritis and HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder with myelopathy [0.03%]
一个与晚期HIV相关的血液-神经-肾脏诊断难题：包括新型沙壳分支杆菌肾炎在内的多种机会性感染以及伴有脊髓病的HIV相关神经认知障碍
Shubham Lodha,Ankit Das,Bhavya Sharda et al.
Shubham Lodha et al.
Advanced HIV disease predisposes individuals to a wide and often concurrent spectrum of complications arising from opportunistic infections, immune dysregulation, direct viral injury, and treatment effects. In tuberculosis-endemic, resource...
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IDCases. 2026 Jul 22:45:e02694. DOI:10.1016/j.idcr.2026.e02694 2026
Bryce T Roberts,Darren Kempton,Nikifor K Konstantinov
Bryce T Roberts
Crusted scabies is a severe and uncommon variant of Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis infestation and typically arises in older adults with impaired cellular immunity. Secondary erythroderma and bacteremia are feared complications that may lea...
An unusual cause of chronic recurrent vomiting and life-threatening hyperkalemia: primary adrenal insufficiency due to probable bilateral adrenal tuberculosis [0.03%]
慢性反复呕吐和致命高钾血症的罕见原因：可能的双侧肾上腺结核所致原发性肾上腺皮质功能不全
Malegna Temesgen Garuma,Nuredin Ahmed Hassen,Yaarosan Zawde Kibrat et al.
Malegna Temesgen Garuma et al.
Background: Adrenal tuberculosis remains a leading cause of primary adrenal insufficiency in tuberculosis-endemic regions. Its clinical presentation is often insidious and non-specific, leading to significant diagnostic d...
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IDCases. 2026 Jul 31:45:e02708. DOI:10.1016/j.idcr.2026.e02708 2026
Severe Legionella pneumophila pneumonia identified by targeted next-generation sequencing after nondiagnostic conventional testing: A case report [0.03%]
常规检查无法诊断的严重军团菌肺炎通过靶向下一代测序技术得以确诊：病例报告
Nan-Nan Li,Xian-Gang Mo,Zhe Liao et al.
Nan-Nan Li et al.
Background: Severe community-acquired pneumonia may remain etiologically unresolved when conventional microbiological investigations are negative, delayed, or not readily available. Legionella pneumophila is an important ...
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IDCases. 2026 Jul 29:45:e02703. DOI:10.1016/j.idcr.2026.e02703 2026
Xiaoying Xu,Qingling Lin
Xiaoying Xu
Amebic liver abscess (ALA), caused by Entamoeba histolytica, is the most common extraintestinal manifestation of amebiasis. However, in contemporary clinical practice, diagnosis increasingly relies on serology and polymerase chain reaction ...
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IDCases. 2026 Jul 25:45:e02706. DOI:10.1016/j.idcr.2026.e02706 2026
Healthcare-associated post-neurosurgical meningitis caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in an Infant: A case report [0.03%]
一例婴儿术后感染产超广谱β内酰胺酶肺炎克雷伯菌脑膜炎的病例报告
Shinsuke Mizuno,Junji Koyama,Hiroshi Kurosawa et al.
Shinsuke Mizuno et al.
Healthcare-associated meningitis caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae is a well-recognized condition after neurosurgical procedures in adults; however, it remains uncommon in children, particularly...
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IDCases. 2026 Jul 24:45:e02700. DOI:10.1016/j.idcr.2026.e02700 2026
Atypical mycobacterial infection at laparoscopic port site: Report of two cases indicating possibility of multi drug resistant strains in north-east India and review of literature [0.03%]
腹腔镜手术穿刺部位非典型分枝杆菌感染两例报告及文献复习
Daisy Hazarika,Abhilash Goyal,Sankar Jyoti Bora et al.
Daisy Hazarika et al.
Atypical mycobacterial infections (AMIs), also known as nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections, are rare but important causes of postoperative port site infections following laparoscopic surgery. These infections are difficult to tre...
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IDCases. 2026 Jul 24:45:e02684. DOI:10.1016/j.idcr.2026.e02684 2026
Pediatric Lemierre syndrome of rhinosinusogenic origin complicated by bilateral cavernous sinus thrombosis: A case report [0.03%]
鼻窦源性 Lemierre 综合征合并双侧海绵窦静脉血栓形成患儿 1 例报告
Adam El Hassouni,Hicham Mimouni,Houssam Eddine El Failali et al.
Adam El Hassouni et al.
Background: Lemierre syndrome is a rare but potentially life-threatening septic thrombophlebitis classically following an oropharyngeal infection, most often associated with Fusobacterium necrophorum. Atypical head and ne...
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IDCases. 2026 Jul 25:45:e02712. DOI:10.1016/j.idcr.2026.e02712 2026
Unilateral Pneumocystis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: A case illustrated [0.03%]
半侧肺囊虫免疫重建炎症综合征一例报告
Reiko Masubuchi,Akira Kawashima,Katsuji Teruya et al.
Reiko Masubuchi et al.
A man in his 50 s presented with severe Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) with newly diagnosed advanced HIV infection. Initial chest computed tomography (CT) revealed diffuse bilateral ground-glass opacities that improved after standar...
From trauma to brain: Neoscytalidium dimidiatum as an emerging cause of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis: Case report and comprehensive literature review [0.03%]
从创伤到大脑：Neoscytalidium dimidiatum 致中枢神经系统phaeohyphomycosis 的病因及病例报道和文献综述
Hamid Eshaghi,Shahram Mahmoudi,Mahmoud Khansari et al.
Hamid Eshaghi et al.
Background: Neoscytalidium dimidiatum is a dematiaceous fungus typically causing superficial dermatomycosis. Invasive central nervous system (CNS) infections are rare, usually fatal, and primarily reported in immunocompro...
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IDCases. 2026 Jul 24:45:e02696. DOI:10.1016/j.idcr.2026.e02696 2026