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May 2023 Case of the Month May 2023 Case of the Month Mucormycosis is a rare, life-threatening opportunistic infection predominantly affecting the immunocompromised population. In this case, we report a 68-year-old female with no discernible immunocompromising condition, apart from uncontrolled diabetes. She tested positive for influenza A viral infection, accompanied by methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) pneumonia, and subsequently unfolding pulmonary mucormycosis without rhino-cerebral involvement.

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April 2023 Case of the Month April 2023 Case of the Month A 47-year-old man with suspected acute leukemia due to leukocytosis, thrombocytopenia, fatigue and night sweats was transferred from an outside hospital to our Department of Hematology for further diagnostics and treatment.

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March 2023 Case of the Month March 2023 Case of the Month Title: Necrotizing pancreatitis with invasive candidiasis and candidemia due to Candida albicans and pan-echinocandin-resistant Candida glabrata Submitted by: Laman Rahimli MD, Jon Salmanton-García PhD, Prof. Oliver A. Cornely MD, Jannik Stemler MD Institution: University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany andUniversity of Cologne, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany. Email: laman.rahimli@uk.koeln.de Date Submitted:  13 March 2023 History:  A 64-year-old man presented to the central emergency department (day 0) with weakness and loss of sensation in his left leg due to spinal ischemia, and aortoiliac occlusive disease (Leriche's syndrome) was diagnosed. He underwent emergency surgery due critical leg ischemia bilaterally, and was transferred to the surgical intensive care unit (ICU) for post-operative care. From day 4, the patient was cardiopulmonary stable on a normal ward and free of symptoms except for bloating. Due to persistently elevated inflammatory parameters under broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment with piperacillin-tazobactam, CT...

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January 2023 Case of the Month January 2023 Case of the Month A 58-year-old male presented to our health system’s walk-in orthopedic clinic complaining of worsening pain and swelling of the third 3rd digit of his left hand.

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September 2022 Case of the Month September 2022 Case of the Month A 41-year-old man with past medical history of diabetes mellitus type II, osteomyelitis s/p right above knee amputation, myocardial infarction s/p AICD placement, and hypertension presented with a three-day history of worsening headaches, photophobia, fever, and right hip pain.

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