Peracute disseminated fatal Aspergillus fumigatus sepsis as a complication of corticoid‐treated systemic lupus erythematosus
- 1 November 1995
- Vol. 38 (11-12) , 467-471
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0507.1995.tb00021.x
Abstract
Summary. Immunocompromised and granulocytopenic patients and those receiving long-term or high-dose coiticoid treatment are predisposed to disseminating Aspergillus infections. However, Aspergillus infection has been described only rarely in patients with autoimmune diseases. We report on a woman suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus treated by antibiotics and high-dose corticosteroids, a primary risk factor, who developed a peracute disseminated fatal Aspergillus fumigatus infection involving the central nervous system. The present case is compared with 10 previous reports of invasive aspergillosis in systemic lupus erythematosus found by a literature search. Zusammenfassung. Invasive Aspergillosen treten zunehmend bei immunsupprimierten und granulozytopenischen Patienten, sowie unter einer Hochdosis- bzw. Langzeit-Behandlung mit Gluko-kortikoiden auf. Relativ selten kommt es zu einer invasiven Aspergillose bei Patienten mit Autoimmunerkrankungen. Wir berichten über eine Patientin mit systemischem Lupus erythematodes, die, als zweiten Risikofaktor für die Entstehung einer systemischen Pilzinfektion, hochdosiert Methylprednisolon und zusätzlich noch Antibiotika erhielt, worunter es zur Entwicklung einer perakut verlaufenen, tödlichen disseminierten Aspergillus fumigatus-Infektion unter Einbeziehung des Zentralnervensystems kam. Der vorgestellte Krankheitsvedauf wird mit zehn früheren, in der Literatur beschriebenen Berichten über invasive Aspergillosen bei Patienten mit systemischem Lupus erythematodes verglichen.Keywords
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