Invasive Aspergillosis

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Title Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, March 1995, Volume 15, Issue 1
Date 1995-03
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
ARK ark:/87278/s6v4419m
Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 224628
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6v4419m

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Title Invasive Aspergillosis
Creator Wiggins, RE
Affiliation Asheville Eye Medical and Surgical Associates, North Carolina, USA.
Abstract Temporal arteritis is a systemic necrotizing vasculitis for which the only effective treatment is systemic corticosteroids. A review of the literature suggests that there is a significant mortality rate in untreated patients but that those patients who receive adequate corticosteroid treatment rarely experience a reduced life expectancy. I had the opportunity to evaluate a patient with temporal arteritis who eventually died from disseminated aspergillosis 6 weeks after beginning corticosteroid treatment. A high index of suspicion for infections with opportunistic organisms should be maintained in patients with temporal arteritis receiving corticosteroids.
Subject Older people; Older people, 80 and over; Aspergillosis/chemically induced; Aspergillosis/diagnosis; Aspergillus fumigatus/isolation & purification; Brain/microbiology; Brain/pathology; Fatal Outcome; Female; Giant Cell Arteritis/drug therapy; Giant Cell Arteritis/pathology; Humans; Immunocompromised Host; Kidney Diseases/chemically induced; Kidney Diseases/microbiology; Lung Diseases, Fungal/chemically induced; Lung Diseases, Fungal/diagnosis; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Opportunistic Infections/chemically induced; Opportunistic Infections/diagnosis; Prednisone/adverse effects; Prednisone/therapeutic use; Temporal Arteries/drug effects; Temporal Arteries/pathology; Thyroid Diseases/chemically induced; Thyroid Diseases/microbiology
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Format application/pdf
Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 224621
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6v4419m/224621