Misra DP, Parida JR, Chowdhury AC, Agarwal V. Pulmonary co-infection with Nocardia and Aspergillus in a patient with adult-onset Still's disease receiving steroids and tacrolimus.
BMJ Case Rep 2014;
2014:bcr-2014-207335. [PMID:
25398925 DOI:
10.1136/bcr-2014-207335]
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Abstract
Patients on immunosuppression are at risk of unusual infections. We present a man diagnosed to have adult-onset Still's disease who, on high-dose oral steroid and tacrolimus, developed a cavitating pneumonia due to co-infection with Aspergillus flavus and Nocardia. Timely diagnosis and institution of appropriate therapy resulted in a favourable clinical outcome. Such co-infection in a patient receiving tacrolimus is rare in the published literature. This case serves to emphasise the need to be vigilant for unusual infections in patients who are immunosuppressed, either due to drugs or underlying disease condition.
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