Multiple concomitant life-threatening opportunistic infections due to uncontrolled hypercortisolism
Opportunistic infections associated with severe cortisol excess carry a high mortality rate and are most prevalent with ectopic ACTH syndrome. There are limited reports of these cases described in the literature. In this case report, we describe multiple severe life-threatening opportunistic infecti...
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Veröffentlicht in: | IDCases 2022, Vol.27, p.e01420-e01420 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Opportunistic infections associated with severe cortisol excess carry a high mortality rate and are most prevalent with ectopic ACTH syndrome. There are limited reports of these cases described in the literature. In this case report, we describe multiple severe life-threatening opportunistic infections due to endogenous hypercortisolism. Our patient, against numerous expectations, survived multiple opportunistic infections including disseminated invasive aspergillosis, Cytomegalovirus endophthalmitis and Pneumocystis Jirovecii pneumonia, reinforcing the need for multidisciplinary care for patients presenting with complicated hypercortisolism. |
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ISSN: | 2214-2509 2214-2509 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01420 |