A case of invasive pulmonary mucormycosis resulting from short courses of corticosteroids in a well-controlled diabetic patient

A patient with well-controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus developed a severe pulmonary infection secondary to Rhizopus spp. after receiving short courses of corticosteroids for a respiratory tract infection. He recovered after an aggressive surgical intervention and treatment with isavuconazole. Patie...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hoang, Kathy, Abdo, Tony, Reinersman, J. Matthew, Lu, Rufei, Higuita, Nelson Iván Agudelo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7286928/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32547914
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.05.008
Descripción
Sumario:A patient with well-controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus developed a severe pulmonary infection secondary to Rhizopus spp. after receiving short courses of corticosteroids for a respiratory tract infection. He recovered after an aggressive surgical intervention and treatment with isavuconazole. Patients on chronic corticosteroid therapy have a higher risk for pulmonary mucormycosis, but there are much fewer reports of mucormycosis occurring in patients after only short courses of steroid therapy.

Ejemplares similares