Successful treatment of pulmonary aspergillosis due to Aspergillus fumigatus in a child affected by systemic lupus erythematosus: A case report from Northeastern Iran

Elham Kashefi; Seyed Javad Seyedi; Kamiar Zomorodian; Zahra Zare Shahrabadi; Hossein Zarrinfar

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4248

Successful treatment of pulmonary aspergillosis due to Aspergillus fumigatus in a child affected by systemic lupus erythematosus: A case report from Northeastern Iran

Clin Case Rep. 2021 May 24;9(5):e04248. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4248. eCollection 2021 May.

Authors

Elham Kashefi¹, Seyed Javad Seyedi², Kamiar Zomorodian³, Zahra Zare Shahrabadi³, Hossein Zarrinfar⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Parasitology and Mycology School of Medicine Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Mashhad Iran.
² Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Mashhad Iran.
³ Basic Sciences in Infectious Diseases Research Center Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Shiraz Iran.
⁴ Allergy Research Center Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Mashhad Iran.

Abstract

A6-year-old girl affected to systemic lupus erythematosus with symptoms of fever, weakness, and lethargy, cough, chest pain, and abnormalchest x-ray. The isolated Aspergillus fumigatus was identified using partial calmodulin gene sequencing. Gradual improvement was observed onday 19 of treatment with amphotericinB (50 mg /day).

Keywords: Aspergillusfumigatus; Iran; child; systemic lupus erythematosus.

Publication types

Case Reports