Lénio Couto

ORCID: 0000-0002-2003-2806
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  • Hematological disorders and diagnostics
  • Aortic Thrombus and Embolism
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Polyomavirus and related diseases
  • Blood disorders and treatments
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • Potassium and Related Disorders
  • Esophageal and GI Pathology

Hospital de Santo Espirito de Angra do Heroísmo
2021

Hospital do Espírito Santo
2021

Ceftriaxone is a widely used antibiotic regarded as safe and effective. Drug-induced agranulocytosis life-threatening adverse reaction few reports related to ceftriaxone were found in review of the literature. The authors present case ceftriaxone-induced agranulocytosis, which brain abscess was diagnosed commenced. Neutropenic fever occurred on 29th day therapy with cumulative dose 116 g neutrophil nadir 0.1×109/l. withheld, filgrastim administered for 3 days normalization achieved. Although...

10.12890/2021_002215 article EN cc-by-nc-nd European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine 2021-01-08

10.1590/0037-8682-0073-2021 article EN cc-by Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 2021-01-01

Gurvits syndrome, black esophagus or acute esophageal necrosis (AEN) is a rare and multifactorial disorder resulting from combination of ischemic insult, corrosive injury the mucosa gastric contents, impaired reparative mechanism in setting illness. The diagnosis made by visualization circumferential discoloration distal oesophagus that abruptly ends at gastroesophageal junction. We report case syndrome secondary to diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).

10.17235/reed.2021.8527/2021 article EN publisher-specific-oa Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas 2021-01-01
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