| Literature DB >> 22091235 |
Nedim Cekmen1, Sonay Açiksöz, Hacer Serdaroğlu, Ozcan Erdemli.
Abstract
A 77-year-old male patient with a history of tuberculosis applied to emergency service with complaints of confusion, shortness of breath, tachycardia, hypothermia and hypotension. A bronchoalveolar lavage culture was collected because a fungus ball was seen on repeat chest X-ray and thoracic CT of the patient. Aspergillus fumigatus grew and voricona-zole treatment was started, but the patient was lost from multiple organ failure (MOF). In diagnosis of patients with SIRS clinic, causative factor may be aspergillus located in an old tuberculosis cavity, and this may have a fatal course in an old patient having previous pulmonary and systemic diseases.Entities:
Keywords: Morbidity; Mortality; Multiple Organ Failure; Pulmonary Aspergillosis; Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
Year: 2011 PMID: 22091235 PMCID: PMC3214307
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Res Med Sci ISSN: 1735-1995 Impact factor: 1.852