Rare zoonosis (hemotrophic mycoplasma infection) in a newly diagnosed systemic lupus erythematosus patient followed by a Nocardia asteroides pneumonia
Braz. j. infect. dis
; 14(1): 92-95, Jan.-Feb. 2010. ilus, tab
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ABSTRACT
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is per se a disease characterized by suppressed immune response and thus susceptibility to various opportunistic infections. We describe the case of a 21-yearold woman who developed a rare zoonosis - hemotrophic mycoplasma infection in the initial stage of SLE, complicated with Nocardia asteroides pneumonia afterwards. Nocardia infection coincided with initiation of glucocorticoids and cyclophosphamide therapy for SLE. After the treatment she recovered completely. To our knowledge the only case of human hemoplasmosis (then referred to as eperythrozoonosis) in medical literature was the one described by a group of Croatian authors 22 years ago. No cases of a hemotrophic mycoplasma infection in a SLE patient have been published up to now.
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Pneumonia Bacteriana
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Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico
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Mycoplasma
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Infecções por Mycoplasma
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Nocardia asteroides
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Nocardiose
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Braz. j. infect. dis
Assunto da revista:
Doenças Transmissíveis
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Croácia
Instituição/País de afiliação:
University Hospital Centre Zagreb/HR