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Case Report

Invasive Fungal Infections in Endogenous Cushing’s Syndrome

by
Rafael Selbach Scheffel
1,
José Miguel Dora
1,
Letícia Schwerz Weinert
1,
Valério Aquino
2,
Ana Luiza Maia
1,
Luis Henrique Canani
1 and
Luciano Z. Goldani
3,*
1
Endocrine Division, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
2
Microbiology Unit of the Clinical Pathology Division, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
3
Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Infect. Dis. Rep. 2010, 2(1), e4; https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2010.1281
Submission received: 7 September 2009 / Revised: 28 February 2010 / Accepted: 1 March 2010 / Published: 15 June 2010

Abstract

Cushing’s syndrome is a condition characterized by elevated cortisol levels that can result from either augmented endogenous production or exogenous administration of corticosteroids. The predisposition to fungal infections among patients with hypercortisolemia has been noted since Cushing’s original description of the disease. We describe here a patient with endo-genous Cushing’s syndrome secondary to an adrenocortical carcinoma, who developed concomitant disseminated cryptococcosis and candidiasis in the course of his disease.
Keywords: cryptococcosis; candidemia; pneumocystosis; scedosporiosis; histoplasmosis; aspergillosis; Cushing’s syndrome; Cushing’s disease; hypercortisolemia; fungal infections; mycosis cryptococcosis; candidemia; pneumocystosis; scedosporiosis; histoplasmosis; aspergillosis; Cushing’s syndrome; Cushing’s disease; hypercortisolemia; fungal infections; mycosis

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Selbach Scheffel, R.; Dora, J.M.; Schwerz Weinert, L.; Aquino, V.; Maia, A.L.; Canani, L.H.; Goldani, L.Z. Invasive Fungal Infections in Endogenous Cushing’s Syndrome. Infect. Dis. Rep. 2010, 2, e4. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2010.1281

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Selbach Scheffel R, Dora JM, Schwerz Weinert L, Aquino V, Maia AL, Canani LH, Goldani LZ. Invasive Fungal Infections in Endogenous Cushing’s Syndrome. Infectious Disease Reports. 2010; 2(1):e4. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2010.1281

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Selbach Scheffel, Rafael, José Miguel Dora, Letícia Schwerz Weinert, Valério Aquino, Ana Luiza Maia, Luis Henrique Canani, and Luciano Z. Goldani. 2010. "Invasive Fungal Infections in Endogenous Cushing’s Syndrome" Infectious Disease Reports 2, no. 1: e4. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2010.1281

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Selbach Scheffel, R., Dora, J. M., Schwerz Weinert, L., Aquino, V., Maia, A. L., Canani, L. H., & Goldani, L. Z. (2010). Invasive Fungal Infections in Endogenous Cushing’s Syndrome. Infectious Disease Reports, 2(1), e4. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2010.1281

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