PMID- 10155170
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19951101
LR  - 20170214
IS  - 0885-0666 (Print)
IS  - 0885-0666 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 1
DP  - 1995 Jan-Feb
TI  - Spinal aspergillus abscess in a patient with bronchocentric granulomatosis.
PG  - 45-8
AB  - Aspergillus fumigatus hyphae is often found in the lung tissue of patients with 
      bronchocentric granulomatosis (BCG). This organism is believed to be one agent 
      responsible for inciting the hypersensitivity response and subsequent development 
      of the characteristic pathology that defines BCG. The definitive etiology of this 
      disease, however, remains conjectural. Corticosteroids represent the mainstay of 
      therapy. The fungi recovered from patients with BCG are considered noninvasive; 
      thus, the risk of fungal invasion secondary to steroid-induced immunosuppression 
      is believed to be negligible. However, we report a case of spinal aspergillus 
      abscess that developed in a patient with BCG subsequent to steroid therapy. This 
      case also highlights the necessity for aggressive medical and neurosurgical 
      intervention to avert the development of neurological sequelae.
FAU - Collier, J
AU  - Collier J
AD  - Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Los 
      Angeles, CA, USA.
FAU - Wolfe, R
AU  - Wolfe R
FAU - Lerner, R
AU  - Lerner R
FAU - Nathan, S
AU  - Nathan S
FAU - Mohsenifar, Z
AU  - Mohsenifar Z
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Intensive Care Med
JT  - Journal of intensive care medicine
JID - 8610344
RN  - 0 (Adrenal Cortex Hormones)
CIN - J Intensive Care Med. 1995 Jan-Feb;10(1):3-4. PMID: 10155168
MH  - Abscess/*diagnosis/therapy
MH  - Adrenal Cortex Hormones/therapeutic use
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aspergillosis/*diagnosis/therapy
MH  - Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary/*complications/drug therapy
MH  - Combined Modality Therapy
MH  - Female
MH  - Granuloma/*complications/drug therapy
MH  - Humans
MH  - Lung Diseases/*complications/drug therapy
MH  - Spinal Diseases/diagnosis/therapy
MH  - *Thoracic Vertebrae
EDAT- 1994/12/09 00:00
MHDA- 1994/12/09 00:01
CRDT- 1994/12/09 00:00
PHST- 1994/12/09 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1994/12/09 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1994/12/09 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1177/088506669501000106 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Intensive Care Med. 1995 Jan-Feb;10(1):45-8. doi: 10.1177/088506669501000106.