Mycosis

Lungs: Demonstrate good air entry. Faint end-expiratory wheeze throughout all lung fields. No rales or rhonchi. Symmetric chest expansion. Breathing nonlabored.

There are also symptoms that involve the chest. These involve chest pain due to pleurisy, and irritation of the membranes lining the inside of the chest around the lungs, and pain due to pericarditis, and inflammation of the sack surrounding the heart. With both of these conditions there is difficulty in breathing, pain, shortness of breath, or a rapid heartbeat.

Pt received AP diameter X-ray to confirm tube placement and to see if there were any kind of infiltrates because of possible aspiration and to eliminate possible pneumothorax and pleural effusion. Findings included mild patchy infiltrates in the right upper to middle lobes. The left lower lobe also has some similar findings but less concerning. This may either be due to lung infection or pulmonary

We present a case of 51-year-old male who presented to emergency room with complaints of typical chest pain.

That form is called spherule. The transformation is caused because of the change is the fungus’ environment. It has gone from being a soil base to now a spherule form with smaller spherule inside of its form. This form is most common in the person or animal's lungs, but Valley Fever can also be contracted thru the skin. Once inhaled and in the lungs the spherule will attack, reproduce and continue to grow until it grows to its fullest point and then it will break open and release additional infectious particles that will be able to travel throughout the rest of the body. Once the infection has grown outside of the lungs, it is much less likely for the patient to survive. (Davis, 2014) This cycle of attack and reproduction will continue to happen until the immune system gains control. While the Spherules are attacking on the outside the patient is showing signs that are many times misdiagnosed, due to similar colds or flu symptoms that show in the early stages of

At CTPA study performed at the time excluded any pulmonary emboli and the report made comment of a moderate sized right-sided pleural effusion with compressive atelectasis. There was no comment on the report of any parenchymal infiltrate and I have not cited the images myself. CRP was 113. He was given a presumptive diagnosis of pneumonia with parapneumonic effusion and commenced an Augmentin Duo Forte and doxycycline. In

Local infection – confined to a small area of the body, infected cut, boil, abscess

Pneumonia is described in Tabers cyclopedia medical dictionary, “as inflammation of the lungs, usually due to an infection with bacteria, viruses, or other pathogenic organisms” (p.1833)

Shortness of breath and sudden chest pain are the primary symptoms. The chest pain is typically localized to the affected side. Tiredness may also be a symptom.

Bordetella pertussis also known as whooping cough."Gram-negative, aerobic coccobacillus capsulate of the genus Bordetella, and the causative agent of pertussis or whooping cough." This is one of the most common diseases in children, but can affect all ages. In the 1940's there was over 200,000 cases reported. "The bacteria attach to the cilia of the respiratory epithelial cells, produce toxins that paralyze the cilia, and cause inflammation of the respiratory tract, which interferes with the clearing of pulmonary secretions." (https://www.cdc.gov/pertussis/clinical/disease-specifics.html).

Coccidioidomycosis is typically transmitted by inhalation of certain airborne spores. The infection takes place in widespread areas and is usually attained during the summer or late autumn in the middle of outdoor activities. Individuals who travel through these endemic areas are at a risk of contracting the disease, which may not present itself until the individual has long returned home. Also, the infection can also be attained outside of these widespread areas if an individual comes into contact of contaminated material.

Fungal infections: these affect the skin, nails and hair. They are common and indications are usually mild. However, in individuals with debilitated immune systems, they can be more serious.

Diagnosing mycobacterium avium complex depends on the form of infection and the patient. Patients who are immunocompetent would have lung crackles, rhonchi, or may have both and can usually be heard on auscultation. Pulmonary MAC can be diagnosed by a physical examination; chest and lung x-rays or CT scan; and laboratory testing that is done on the individual’s mucus samples. MAC can be treated with the following medications/antimicrobials for at least 12

Mrs. A (pseudonym) is an 83-year-old Samoan female of Christian religion who was admitted to an urban hospital on 02/04/15 by GP referral. She came in with chest pain associated with productive cough and shortness of breath (SOB) on exertion. She also complained of having recurrent episodes of vomiting mixed with saliva and fatigue. She has a history of asthma, hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus on Metformin and double incontinence due to a long-standing history of intermittent constipation. Her chest computed tomographic (CT) revealed right lower lobe opacity indicating pulmonary consolidation, which means that her right lower lung has accumulated exudates in the alveoli that would have normally been filled by gas, indicative of bacterial pneumonia. Furthermore, a sputum gram stain sample collected from Mrs. A showed gram-positive bacteria, which is also a characteristic of pneumonia. Her blood tests revealed a high haemoglobin count, which may be caused by an underlying lung disease, as well as high white blood cell count confirming the presence of infection. Considering all diagnostic results, Mrs. A was diagnosed with right lower lobe bacterial pneumonia.

"The common clinical features among the case-patients included a prodromial illness of fever, chills, and myalgia. The prodrome was followed by dyspnea, cough, throbocytopenia, severe hemodynamic instability, neutrophilid with immature forms, atypical lymphocytes, elevated serum levels of lactate dehydrogenase. There was a high mortality rate, approximately eighty percent in the initial group of patients, the chest x-ray examinations revealed a diffuse, interstitial infiltrate that resembled that observed in patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which is a common pattern in patients