Invasive aspergillosis in a patient with end stage renal disease
MEDICAL MYCOLOGY CASE REPORTS, cilt.18, ss.12-14, 2017 (ESCI, Scopus)
- 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.