Promising effects of corticosteroid treatment in combination with antifungal agents in a patient with

Aspergillus aspergillosis corticosteroid meningitis

Journal

Clinical case reports
ISSN: 2050-0904
Titre abrégé: Clin Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101620385

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jul 2022
Historique:
received: 05 02 2022
accepted: 15 03 2022
entrez: 28 7 2022
pubmed: 29 7 2022
medline: 29 7 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Although Aspergillus meningitis is poorly responsive to current guidelines for treatment, we describe a dramatic response of Aspergillus meningitis in a patient to treatment using a combination of corticosteroids with guideline's suggested antifungal agents. Administration of corticosteroids in patients with Aspergillus meningitis is rarely reported in previous studies.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35898764
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5993
pii: CCR35993
pmc: PMC9309737
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

e5993

Informations de copyright

© 2022 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

There are no conflicts of interest related to this case report.

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Auteurs

Parisa Aziz Jalali (PA)

Department of Neurology Shohada-e Tajrish Hospital Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.

Ensieh Lotfali (E)

Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology School of Medicine Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.

Kamran Rezaei (K)

Student Research Committee School of Medicine Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.

Alireza Fatemi (A)

Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.

Farzad Ashrafi (F)

Functional Neurosurgery Research Center Shohada-e Tajrish Neurosurgical Center of Excellence Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.

Saeed Oraee-Yazdani (S)

Department of Neurosurgery Shohada Tajrish Comprehensive Neurosurgical Center of Excellence Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.

Alimohammad Mirdehghan (A)

Student Research Committee School of Medicine Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.

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