Rhino Cerebral Mucormycosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem connective tissue disease. Patients with SLE develop cutaneous infections due to immune dysregulation and treatment with immunosuppressive agents. Deep fungal infections are rare in SLE but are important cause of morbidity. We report a case of succ...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Parimalam, Begum, C Zohra, Thirumaran, P, Manoharan, K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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E-Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3657232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23716822
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.108075
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author Kumar, Parimalam
Begum, C Zohra
Thirumaran, P
Manoharan, K
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description Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem connective tissue disease. Patients with SLE develop cutaneous infections due to immune dysregulation and treatment with immunosuppressive agents. Deep fungal infections are rare in SLE but are important cause of morbidity. We report a case of successfully treated rhino cerebral mucormycosis (RCM) in a female patient with SLE.
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spelling pubmed-36572322013-05-28 Rhino Cerebral Mucormycosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Kumar, Parimalam Begum, C Zohra Thirumaran, P Manoharan, K Indian J Dermatol E-Case Report Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem connective tissue disease. Patients with SLE develop cutaneous infections due to immune dysregulation and treatment with immunosuppressive agents. Deep fungal infections are rare in SLE but are important cause of morbidity. We report a case of successfully treated rhino cerebral mucormycosis (RCM) in a female patient with SLE. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3657232/ /pubmed/23716822 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.108075 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kumar, Parimalam
Begum, C Zohra
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Rhino Cerebral Mucormycosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
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title_full Rhino Cerebral Mucormycosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
title_fullStr Rhino Cerebral Mucormycosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
title_full_unstemmed Rhino Cerebral Mucormycosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
title_short Rhino Cerebral Mucormycosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
title_sort rhino cerebral mucormycosis in systemic lupus erythematosus
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3657232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23716822
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.108075
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