Rare zoonosis (hemotrophic mycoplasma infection) in a newly diagnosed systemic lupus erythematosus patient followed by a Nocardia asteroides pneumonia
Braz. j. infect. dis
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14(1): 92-95, Jan.-Feb. 2010. ilus, tab
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ABSTRACT
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is per se a disease characterized by suppressed immune response and thus susceptibility to various opportunistic infections. We describe the case of a 21-yearold woman who developed a rare zoonosis - hemotrophic mycoplasma infection in the initial stage of SLE, complicated with Nocardia asteroides pneumonia afterwards. Nocardia infection coincided with initiation of glucocorticoids and cyclophosphamide therapy for SLE. After the treatment she recovered completely. To our knowledge the only case of human hemoplasmosis (then referred to as eperythrozoonosis) in medical literature was the one described by a group of Croatian authors 22 years ago. No cases of a hemotrophic mycoplasma infection in a SLE patient have been published up to now.
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Sujet Principal:
Pneumopathie bactérienne
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Lupus érythémateux disséminé
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Mycoplasma
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Infections à Mycoplasma
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Nocardia asteroides
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Infections à Nocardia
Type d'étude:
Etude diagnostique
Limites du sujet:
Femelle
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Humains
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Braz. j. infect. dis
Thème du journal:
Maladies transmissibles
Année:
2010
Type:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
Croatie
Institution/Pays d'affiliation:
University Hospital Centre Zagreb/HR
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