Invasive AspergillosisA Complication of Treatment of Temporal Arteritis
作者:
Robert Wiggins,
期刊:
Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology
(OVID Available online 1995)
卷期:
Volume 15,
issue 1
页码: 36-38
ISSN:1070-8022
年代: 1995
出版商: OVID
关键词: Temporal arteritis;Aspergillosis
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Temporal arteritis is a systemic necrotizing vasculitis for which the only effective treatment is systemic corticoste-roids. 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.
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