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ArticleMycopathologia2017

Elevated Serum Beta-D-Glucan with Pseudomonas, Aspergillus, and a Partially Acid-Fast Organism in Respiratory Cultures: A Case of Hickam's Dictum Over Occam's Razor.

Salman Khan, Camille Hamula, Meenakshi Rana, Timothy Sullivan, Dallas Dunn, Pinki Patel, Aaron Mishkin, Shirish Huprikar

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Article in Mycopathologia, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Salman KhanDivision of Infectious Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1090, New York, NY, 10029, USA. salman.khan@mssm.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4371-9173
Camille HamulaDepartment of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1425 Madison Ave., New York, NY, 10029, USA.
Meenakshi RanaDivision of Infectious Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1090, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
Timothy SullivanDivision of Infectious Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1090, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
Dallas DunnDivision of Infectious Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1090, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
Pinki PatelDivision of Infectious Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1090, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
Aaron MishkinDivision of Infectious Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1090, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
Shirish HuprikarDivision of Infectious Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1090, New York, NY, 10029, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe a case of a man with ectopic Cushing's syndrome, elevated serum beta-D-glucan, and respiratory cultures with Pseudomonas, Aspergillus, and a partially acid-fast organism. Our case highlights challenges in diagnosis and management of coinfection in an immunocompromised host.

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Aspergillusbeta-GlucansBronchoscopyCushing SyndromeHumansMaleMicroscopyMiddle AgedNocardiaPneumonia, BacterialPseudomonasPulmonary AspergillosisRadiography, ThoracicSerumTomography, X-Ray Computedbeta-GlucansBeta-D-glucanHigh cortisol stateImmunocompromised hostPartially acid-fast

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PMID28623531

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