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Mucoromycosis and Wegner’s Granulomatosis: A Case Report

Wegener’s granulomatosis is a rare vasculitis affecting the upper and lower respiratory tracts and kidneys. The cornerstone of treatment in these patients is immunosuppressive therapy, which may predispose the patient to super-infections such as fungal diseases per se. However, the fungal infection...

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Autores principales: SHAYANFAR, Nasrin, ZAMANIAN, Abbas, BEHRANGI, Elham, KIANMEHR, Nahid, FIROUZI, Faezeh, AZIZIAN, Zahra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6294860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30581795
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author SHAYANFAR, Nasrin
ZAMANIAN, Abbas
BEHRANGI, Elham
KIANMEHR, Nahid
FIROUZI, Faezeh
AZIZIAN, Zahra
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description Wegener’s granulomatosis is a rare vasculitis affecting the upper and lower respiratory tracts and kidneys. The cornerstone of treatment in these patients is immunosuppressive therapy, which may predispose the patient to super-infections such as fungal diseases per se. However, the fungal infection mimics the clinical manifestations of Wegener’s diseases would lead to neglected course of the infection and subsequent morbidity and mortality especially if unusual organs are involved. Here we report a 21-yr-old female patient referred to a hospital, Tehran, Iran in 2013 with a neglected skin mucormycosis and the course of the disease and outcome with Wegener’s granulomatosis.
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spelling pubmed-62948602018-12-21 Mucoromycosis and Wegner’s Granulomatosis: A Case Report SHAYANFAR, Nasrin ZAMANIAN, Abbas BEHRANGI, Elham KIANMEHR, Nahid FIROUZI, Faezeh AZIZIAN, Zahra Iran J Public Health Case Report Wegener’s granulomatosis is a rare vasculitis affecting the upper and lower respiratory tracts and kidneys. The cornerstone of treatment in these patients is immunosuppressive therapy, which may predispose the patient to super-infections such as fungal diseases per se. However, the fungal infection mimics the clinical manifestations of Wegener’s diseases would lead to neglected course of the infection and subsequent morbidity and mortality especially if unusual organs are involved. Here we report a 21-yr-old female patient referred to a hospital, Tehran, Iran in 2013 with a neglected skin mucormycosis and the course of the disease and outcome with Wegener’s granulomatosis. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2018-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6294860/ /pubmed/30581795 Text en Copyright© Iranian Public Health Association & Tehran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of 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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FIROUZI, Faezeh
AZIZIAN, Zahra
Mucoromycosis and Wegner’s Granulomatosis: A Case Report
title Mucoromycosis and Wegner’s Granulomatosis: A Case Report
title_full Mucoromycosis and Wegner’s Granulomatosis: A Case Report
title_fullStr Mucoromycosis and Wegner’s Granulomatosis: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Mucoromycosis and Wegner’s Granulomatosis: A Case Report
title_short Mucoromycosis and Wegner’s Granulomatosis: A Case Report
title_sort mucoromycosis and wegner’s granulomatosis: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6294860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30581795
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