Embolizing pulmonary aspergillosis, mycobacterial & aspergillous splenic abscess and cytomegalovirus co-infection following steroid induced immunosuppression: a case report.

Harsha Anuruddhika DissanayakePraveen Nilendra WeeratungaPanduka KarunanayakeRushika D LanerolleM V Chandu de SilvaSaroj Jayasinghe

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2018)

This report illustrates rare combination of B and T cell suppressive effects of glucocorticoids leading to co-infections with CMV, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Aspergillus and systemic fungal embolization from pulmonary aspergillosis.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
pulmonary hypertension
pulmonary tuberculosis
high glucose
diabetic rats
drug induced
cell wall
endothelial cells
oxidative stress
diffuse large b cell lymphoma