Successful treatment of pulmonary aspergillosis due to Aspergillus fumigatus in a child affected by systemic lupus erythematosus: A case report from Northeastern Iran

Clinical Case Reports

Hossein Zarrinfar¹  Zahra Zare Shahrabadi²  Kamiar Zomorodian²  Elham Kashefi³  Seyed Javad Seyedi⁴ 

[1] Allergy Research Center Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Mashhad Iran;Basic Sciences in Infectious Diseases Research CenterShiraz University of Medical Sciences Shiraz Iran;Department of Parasitology and Mycology School of Medicine Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Mashhad Iran;Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Mashhad Iran;

关键词: Aspergillus fumigatus;    child;    Iran;    systemic lupus erythematosus;   

DOI  :  10.1002/ccr3.4248

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract A6‐year‐old girl affected to systemic lupus erythematosus with symptoms of fever, weakness, and lethargy, cough, chest pain, and abnormalchest x‐ray. The isolated Aspergillus fumigatus was identified using partial calmodulin gene sequencing. Gradual improvement was observed onday 19 of treatment with amphotericinB (50 mg /day).

【 授权许可】

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