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ArticleCase reports in infectious diseases2020

Fatal Disseminated Aspergillosis in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

Rochelle Hardie, Tracian James-Goulbourne, Monsoon Rashid, Jeremy Sullivan, Yamen Homsi

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Article in Case reports in infectious diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Respiratory Manifestations in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rochelle HardieDivision of Infection Disease, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.
Tracian James-GoulbourneDivision of Internal Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.
Monsoon RashidDivision of Internal Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.
Jeremy SullivanDivision of Internal Medicine, NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, 150 55th St, Brooklyn, NY 11220, USA.
Yamen HomsiDivision of Rheumatology, NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, 150 55th St, Brooklyn, NY 11220, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4195-2281
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University · USBrooklyn Hospital Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at increased risk for infection including opportunistic infections. Fungal infection in particular can be difficult to diagnose and treat and often can be life-threatening in the immunocompromised patient. We present a case in which a patient with SLE presented to the hospital with shortness of breath and cough. Throughout the hospital course, the patient's condition continued to decline leading to acute respiratory failure, and eventually, the patient expired. Postmortem autopsy revealed invasive fungal aspergillosis infection involving the heart, lungs, and brain. Earlier diagnosis and treatment with empiric antifungals may improve survival in these patients.

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