Disseminated cryptococcosis in a geriatric man following high‐dose systemic steroid therapy for severe COVID‐19 pneumonia

An 88‐year‐old man was treated with high‐dose systemic steroid therapy for COVID‐19 and idiopathic interstitial pneumonia months before admission to the hospital because of swelling and redness in his left arm. Cryptococcus neoformans was detected in his blood sample on day eight of admission, and d...

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Autores principales: Nawa, Hinako, Akine, Dai, Tamura, Tomohiro, Saito, Koyumi, Kaburagi, Takayuki, Sasahara, Teppei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10646294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38025929
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.652
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author Nawa, Hinako
Akine, Dai
Tamura, Tomohiro
Saito, Koyumi
Kaburagi, Takayuki
Sasahara, Teppei
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Akine, Dai
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description An 88‐year‐old man was treated with high‐dose systemic steroid therapy for COVID‐19 and idiopathic interstitial pneumonia months before admission to the hospital because of swelling and redness in his left arm. Cryptococcus neoformans was detected in his blood sample on day eight of admission, and despite antifungal therapy, he died on day 43. Clinicians should be vigilant about the risk of prolonged immunosuppression as a side effect of high‐dose systemic steroid usage for COVID‐19.[Image: see text]
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spelling pubmed-106462942023-09-21 Disseminated cryptococcosis in a geriatric man following high‐dose systemic steroid therapy for severe COVID‐19 pneumonia Nawa, Hinako Akine, Dai Tamura, Tomohiro Saito, Koyumi Kaburagi, Takayuki Sasahara, Teppei J Gen Fam Med Clinical Image An 88‐year‐old man was treated with high‐dose systemic steroid therapy for COVID‐19 and idiopathic interstitial pneumonia months before admission to the hospital because of swelling and redness in his left arm. Cryptococcus neoformans was detected in his blood sample on day eight of admission, and despite antifungal therapy, he died on day 43. Clinicians should be vigilant about the risk of prolonged immunosuppression as a side effect of high‐dose systemic steroid usage for COVID‐19.[Image: see text] John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC10646294/ /pubmed/38025929 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.652 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Journal of General and Family Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japan Primary Care Association. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Nawa, Hinako
Akine, Dai
Tamura, Tomohiro
Saito, Koyumi
Kaburagi, Takayuki
Sasahara, Teppei
Disseminated cryptococcosis in a geriatric man following high‐dose systemic steroid therapy for severe COVID‐19 pneumonia
title Disseminated cryptococcosis in a geriatric man following high‐dose systemic steroid therapy for severe COVID‐19 pneumonia
title_full Disseminated cryptococcosis in a geriatric man following high‐dose systemic steroid therapy for severe COVID‐19 pneumonia
title_fullStr Disseminated cryptococcosis in a geriatric man following high‐dose systemic steroid therapy for severe COVID‐19 pneumonia
title_full_unstemmed Disseminated cryptococcosis in a geriatric man following high‐dose systemic steroid therapy for severe COVID‐19 pneumonia
title_short Disseminated cryptococcosis in a geriatric man following high‐dose systemic steroid therapy for severe COVID‐19 pneumonia
title_sort disseminated cryptococcosis in a geriatric man following high‐dose systemic steroid therapy for severe covid‐19 pneumonia
topic Clinical Image
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10646294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38025929
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.652
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