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Nocardia is typically regarded as an opportunistic infection, with pulmonary nocardiosis frequently disseminated to organs hematogenous by, and nearly half of these cases resulting in complicated nocardia brain abscess. Disseminated nocardia has a dismal prognosis with high mortality, and should be
BACKGROUND
Talcosis, a granulomatous inflammation of the lungs caused by inhalation of talcum dust, is a rare form of pneumoconiosis. Besides inhalative occupational exposure, intravenous abuse of adulterated drugs is a major cause for this condition. Minerals such as talcum (magnesium silicate) and
A 63-year-old stoneworker complained of fever and a productive cough. His chest roentgenogram showed a nodular mass and a diffuse interstitial shadow in the right lung. Angiography of the pulmonary artery revealed obstruction of the right upper trunk. Open-lung biopsy was done. Histologic
A 72-year-old man who had worked as a coal worker for 28 years and as a tunnel construction worker for 18 years was admitted because of fever, dyspnea, and appetite loss. Pneumoconiosis had been diagnosed when he was 64 years old and myelodysplastic syndrome at 71 years of age. After admission, the
A 57 year old man, receiving compensation for talc pneumoconiosis since 1977, was admitted to hospital for the first time in 1987, with symptoms of weight loss, fever, dyspnoea and productive cough. A chest roentgenogram showed bilateral cavitation. Two years later, Mycobacterium xenopi was found in
Only those pneumoconioses induced by organic dusts are discussed which are met with in Germany. They comprise: byssinosis which is caused by toxic agents in cotton and flax, farmer's lung, sprayer's fever, exogenous allergic alveolitis due to thermophil actinomyces in the dust of mouldy agricultural
Pneumoconiosis from inorganic dusts is very common worldwide and has been studied by many experts in Taiwan. However, pneumoconiosis due to organic dusts, i.e. hypersensitivity pneumonitis, seems rather uncommon in Taiwan, and to our best knowledge there has been no related report so far. In this
High-resolution CT (HRCT) scans were performed on 156 patients, using a bone-reconstruction algorithm, 1.5 collimation at 4 cm intervals from apex to base of the lungs and a 512 x 512 matrix. The patients appeared to have a pathologic condition on chest film, or else they presented positive clinical
Clinical-and-biological, biochemical, immunological, histomorphological; X-ray and functional examinations of workers of an electric-melting shop manufacturing brass alloys, who had contacts with condensation aerosol with a high zinc oxide concentrations, were used to detect in them pneumoconiosis
High-resolution CT (HRCT) scans were performed on 156 patients, using a bone-reconstruction algorithm, 1.5 mm sections at 4 cm intervals from apex to base of the lungs and a 512 x 512 matrix. The patients either appeared to have a pathologic condition on chest film, or they presented positive
A 67-year-old man who had worked as an aluminum grinder had been given a diagnosis of pneumoconiosis. Ten years later, he was admitted with fever, dyspnea on exertion, and numbness. Chest roentgenograms showed linear-reticular shadows in both lower lung fields. ELISA-based tests were positive for
Gallium-67 citrate (67Ga) can be considered one of the most widespread viability radiotracers. Several papers have recently been published on the use of 67Ga in different diseases, with emphasis on its value in the management of lymphoma patients. This paper critically discusses the role of gallium
On the basis of some study results in China and reports from abroad, a conclusion should be drawn that leads to the recognition of a pneumoconiosis-like lesion of interstitial fibrosis. This disease is called "cotton pneumoconiosis" and we may classify these occupational lesions into four types: 1)
We described a 61-year-old man who was diagnosed as having chronic cryptococcal meningitis, while he was hospitalized with Claude syndrome. The patient was admitted because of acute onset of gait disturbance. He had a tendency to fall down to his left side since he awoke in the morning of August 12,
BACKGROUND
Occupational lung diseases, such as pneumoconiosis, are one of the health problems of dental workers that have been receiving increasing interest. Pulmonary amyloidosis is a heterogenous group of diseases, and can be classified into primary (idiopathic) and secondary (associated with