Concomitant cerebral aspergillosis and mucormycosis in an immunocompetent woman treated with corticosteroids.
Adrenal Cortex Hormones
/ adverse effects
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
/ adverse effects
Brain Diseases
/ chemically induced
Coinfection
/ chemically induced
Dermatomyositis
/ drug therapy
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Mucormycosis
/ chemically induced
Neuroaspergillosis
/ chemically induced
Prednisone
/ adverse effects
Aspergillosis
Cerebral infection
Fungal infection
Mucormycosis
Journal
Journal of neurovirology
ISSN: 1538-2443
Titre abrégé: J Neurovirol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9508123
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 2020
04 2020
Historique:
received:
13
03
2019
accepted:
13
09
2019
revised:
27
08
2019
pubmed:
13
11
2019
medline:
15
5
2021
entrez:
13
11
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We present the case of an immunocompetent 55-year-old woman, treated with corticosteroids, developing a cerebral fungal infection with autoptic ascertainment of aspergillosis and mucormycosis. This is the first report of cerebral co-infection by mucorales and aspergillus in an immunocompetent host. A possible explanation is that corticosteroids, even if taken for a short time, led to a transient lowering of immune function and contributed to negative outcome.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31713052
doi: 10.1007/s13365-019-00804-4
pii: 10.1007/s13365-019-00804-4
doi:
Substances chimiques
Adrenal Cortex Hormones
0
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
0
Prednisone
VB0R961HZT
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM