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Disseminated Cryptococcus neoformans infection associated to COVID-19
- Source :
- Medical Mycology Case Reports, Vol 34, Iss, Pp 35-37 (2021), Medical Mycology Case Reports
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2021.
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Abstract
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel coronavirus associated with immune dysregulation. The use of immunosuppressant drugs as part of COVID-19 treatment (such as Tocilizumab or high -dose corticosteroids) increases the risk of opportunistic infections. Here we present a case of a patient without prior immunosuppression that developed a serious fungal infection after the use of high dose corticosteroids in the setting of severe COVID-19 and cryptogenic organizing pneumonia.
- Subjects :
- Medicine (General)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
QH301-705.5
medicine.medical_treatment
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
medicine.disease_cause
Microbiology
Article
chemistry.chemical_compound
Tocilizumab
R5-920
medicine
Corticosteroids
Biology (General)
Coronavirus
Cryptococcus neoformans
biology
business.industry
COVID-19
Immunosuppression
Immune dysregulation
biology.organism_classification
Infectious Diseases
chemistry
Immunology
business
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22117539
- Volume :
- 34
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Medical Mycology Case Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....96ec3b9b46b55e855074859b0ba99f24