| Literature DB >> 22294141 |
Kazali Alidjinou1, Daniel Mathieu, Jean Frédéric Colombel, Nadine François, Daniel Poulain, Boualem Sendid.
Abstract
The prevalence of invasive mycoses is increasing, especially among patients who are immunocompromised or hospitalized with serious underlying diseases. Such infections are associated with a high morbidity and significant mortality, requiring early diagnosis and appropriate treatment but also an optimal prophylaxis in patients with high risk factors. We report a case of triple fungal infection including an invasive pulmonary aspergillosis by Aspergillus fumigatus, a candidemia by Candida albicans and a Pneumocystis pneumonia. The overall clinical picture of this patient was liver cirrhosis with medical history of immunosuppressive treatment for Crohn disease and a non-hodgkin lymphoma. There was no antifungal prophylaxis for this patient. Under treatment, the issue was unfavourable with multivisceral failure.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22294141 DOI: 10.1684/abc.2011.0654
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Biol Clin (Paris) ISSN: 0003-3898 Impact factor: 0.459