Invasive aspergillosis in a patient with end stage renal disease

Cicek N., YILDIZ N., KEPENEKLİ KADAYİFCİ E., GÖKCE İ., ALPAY H.

MEDICAL MYCOLOGY CASE REPORTS, cilt.18, ss.12-14, 2017 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 18
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.06.006
  • Dergi Adı: MEDICAL MYCOLOGY CASE REPORTS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.12-14
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Aspergillosis, End stage renal disease, Peritoneal dialysis, NERVOUS-SYSTEM ASPERGILLOSIS, IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT, PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS, DIAGNOSIS, CHILDREN
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Invasive aspergillosis caused by A. Fumigatus, almost occurs in immunocompromised hosts and has a poor prognosis. We report a case of invasive Aspergillosis in a 15-year-old boy with ESRD. He was initially diagnosed as lobar pneumonia and peritonitis. When he complained for lower extremity weakness and had convulsions, a solid mass originated from right lung compresses the spinal cord and intracranial hemorrhagic abscesses were found on MRI. The biopsy specimen showed hypae of aspergillus-spp and he died on 12th day.