Invasive Aspergillus fumigatus infection after Plasmodium falciparum malaria in an immuno-competent host: case report and review of literature
Author:
Eckerle I, Ebinger D, Gotthardt D, Eberhardt R, Schnabel PA, Stremmel W, Junghanss T, Eisenbach C
Date: 1 December 2009
Abstract:
Invasive fungal infection is rarely reported in association with malaria, even though malaria-associated inhibition of phagocyte function is a well-known condition. Invasive aspergillosis is frequently found in severely immuno-compromised patients but not in healthy individuals. Here, a case of pulmonary invasive aspergillosis in a previously healthy patient with severe P. falciparum malaria is presented, who was successfully treated with voriconazol and caspofungin. This is the first survival of malaria-associated invasive aspergillosis.
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