Disseminated Aspergillosis due to Aspergillus niger in Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report

Invasive aspergillosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. Many cases of pulmonary, cutaneous, cerebral, and paranasal sinus aspergillosis in immunocompetent patient were defined in literature but disseminated aspergillosis is very rare. Here we present an immu...

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Autores principales: Ergene, Ulku, Akcali, Zeynep, Ozbalci, Demircan, Nese, Nalan, Senol, Sebnem
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3600237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23533852
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/385190
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author Ergene, Ulku
Akcali, Zeynep
Ozbalci, Demircan
Nese, Nalan
Senol, Sebnem
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description Invasive aspergillosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. Many cases of pulmonary, cutaneous, cerebral, and paranasal sinus aspergillosis in immunocompetent patient were defined in literature but disseminated aspergillosis is very rare. Here we present an immunocompetent case with extrapulmonary disseminated aspergillosis due to Aspergillus niger, totally recovered after effective antifungal treatment with voriconazole.
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spelling pubmed-36002372013-03-26 Disseminated Aspergillosis due to Aspergillus niger in Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report Ergene, Ulku Akcali, Zeynep Ozbalci, Demircan Nese, Nalan Senol, Sebnem Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report Invasive aspergillosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. Many cases of pulmonary, cutaneous, cerebral, and paranasal sinus aspergillosis in immunocompetent patient were defined in literature but disseminated aspergillosis is very rare. Here we present an immunocompetent case with extrapulmonary disseminated aspergillosis due to Aspergillus niger, totally recovered after effective antifungal treatment with voriconazole. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3600237/ /pubmed/23533852 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/385190 Text en Copyright © 2013 Ulku Ergene et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Disseminated Aspergillosis due to Aspergillus niger in Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report
title Disseminated Aspergillosis due to Aspergillus niger in Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report
title_full Disseminated Aspergillosis due to Aspergillus niger in Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report
title_fullStr Disseminated Aspergillosis due to Aspergillus niger in Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Disseminated Aspergillosis due to Aspergillus niger in Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report
title_short Disseminated Aspergillosis due to Aspergillus niger in Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3600237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23533852
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/385190
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