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

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  1 , Seyed Javad Seyedi  2 , Kamiar Zomorodian  3 , Zahra Zare Shahrabadi  3 , Hossein Zarrinfar  4
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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 et al. Clin Case Rep. .

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.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Chest X‐ray revealed consolidation in the left lung, arrow A and B, and it manifested collapse, in the left lung, arrow C
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Appearance of Aspergillus fumigatus colonies on sabouraud dextrose agar with chloramphenicol (SC)
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 3
Chest X‐ray revealed gradual recovery in the lung left, after chest tube and treatment with amphotericin B
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