Respiratory coinfections in COVID-19 patients evaluated by BioFire Pneumonia Panel

Evaluation of the BioFire FilmArray respiratory panel and the GenMark eSensor respiratory viral panel on lower respiratory tract specimens.

We evaluated the performance characteristics of the FilmArray respiratory panel and the eSensor respiratory viral panel on clinical and spiked lower respiratory tract specimens (LRTS). The overall agreement between the two methods was 89.5% (51/57). The lower limit of detection of both assays for all targets in LRTS was comparable to that for nasopharyngeal swab specimens.

Chest pain and high troponin level without significant respiratory symptoms in young patients with COVID-19

Background: Of all patients infected with COVID-19, 95% have mild symptoms, but 5% may experience severe illness. There are reports of myocardial injury associated with the COVID19 infection in middle aged and old people with baseline cardiac conditions. Acute myocardial injury has been suggested as a marker for disease severity. Sometimes it is hard to differentiate between acute coronary synd...

Incidental finding of 68Ga-PSMA uptake in covid-19 induced pneumonia

A 68 years old man with prostate carcinoma was referred for 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT scan because of recent significant rise of PSA. He complained of muscle weakness and fatigue, since 3 weeks before the scan, without dyspnea or shortness of breath. In his 68Ga-PSMA-611 PET/CT study, widespread skeletal metastasis, as well as liver involvement were noticed. Also, multiple bilatera...

The Impact of Biofire Filmarray Respiratory Panel on Antibiotic Usage in the Emergency Department at an Academic Medical Center

The Need to Update Respiratory Disease Surveillance System and Indigenization of the Pneumonia of Unknown Cause Surveillance System in Iran according to the COVID-19 Pandemic

      The Need to Update Respiratory Disease Surveillance System and Indigenization of the Pneumonia of Unknown Cause Surveillance System in Iran according to the COVID-19 Pandemic   Seyed Hasan Adeli1,  Mohammad Aghaali2   1 Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran 2 Assistant Professor, Department of ...