Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2025

  • Case Report

    From Confusional Syndrome to Korsakoff's Encephalopathy: Understanding, Detecting, Treating in a Case

    Adolphe Mulumba Mbuyi*, Halladain Mpung Mansoj, Marcellin Bugeme Baguma, El Hadji Makthar Ba

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2025
    Pages: 59-62
    Received: 29 July 2025
    Accepted: 13 August 2025
    Published: 9 October 2025
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    Abstract: Wernicke-Korsakoff encephalopathy (WKE) is a severe neuropsychiatric complication resulting from thiamine deficiency, most often secondary to chronic alcoholism. It comprises two overlapping conditions: Wernicke’s encephalopathy, characterized by acute neurological dysfunction, and Korsakoff’s syndrome, marked by persistent cognitive deficits, part... Show More
  • Case Report

    Purpura Fulminans in an Immunocompromised Patient with Invasive Pneumococcal Disease: A Case Report

    Paulo Fernandes*, Ana Carina Baldino, Sara Carvalho, João Maia Oliveira, José Vaz

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2025
    Pages: 63-67
    Received: 1 October 2025
    Accepted: 14 October 2025
    Published: 30 October 2025
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijmcr.20250404.12
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    Abstract: Background: Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of community-acquired pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal disease, particularly in patients with impaired immune function or asplenia. Pneumococcal infections remain associated with high morbidity and mortality, especially when complicated by septic shock and multiple organ failure. Purpura fu... Show More