Disseminated norcardial infection in a patient with myasthenia gravis on prolonged steroid therapy: A case report

Autor:	Edwin P Chinagozi, Muhammad Hamza, Habib G Abdulrazaq, Tiamiyu B Abdulwasi'u, Ibrahim Nashabaru, Sirajo Halliru, Garba Iliyasu, Farouq Muhammad Dayyab, Mahmoud M Dalhat, Habib G Zaiyad
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Acute kidney injury Soft tissue Immunosuppression Clinical manifestation medicine.disease Intensive care unit Myasthenia gravis Surgery law.invention Steroid therapy law Anesthesia medicine Coagulopathy business
Zdroj:	Sub-Saharan African Journal of Medicine. 1:53
ISSN:	2384-5147
DOI:	10.4103/2384-5147.129322
Popis:	This article presents the clinical manifestation of Norcardial infection in the setting of iatrogenic immunosuppression. The patient suffered from myasthenia gravis for which he received a prolonged course of high dose steroid. At the time of presentation he had lesions in the brain, lungs, and soft tissue consistent with Norcardial infection. He developed disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC) and acute kidney injury (AKI) and died on the 12 th day in intensive care unit (ICU).
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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