Khaliq Muhammad Farhan, Ihle Rayan E, Perry James
Department of Internal Medicine, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV, USA.
Department of Pulmonary Critical Care, West Virginia University Charleston Division, Charleston, WV, USA.
Case Rep Infect Dis. 2018 May 30;2018:6341680. doi: 10.1155/2018/6341680. eCollection 2018.
is an endemic parasitic infection that can remain asymptomatic for years, but it can cause death in immunosuppressed individuals. Here, we present a case of hyperinfection in a 75-year-old male secondary to sepsis and chronic immunosuppression due to TNF- inhibitors. Despite aggressive treatment including broad-spectrum antibiotics and antihelminths, his respiratory failure worsened and he died after palliative extubation. infection remains a diagnostic challenge. Presentation with is often nonspecific, and eosinophilia is absent in hyperinfection. Diagnosis can be delayed, especially in low-prevalence areas where suspicion is low. should be considered in the differential diagnosis in the presence of risk factors including immunosuppressive therapy, and a travel history should be carefully obtained. Patients with recurrent enterobacterial sepsis or respiratory failure with diffuse infiltrates in the setting of eosinophilia should undergo testing for . A multidisciplinary approach can result in earlier diagnosis and favorable outcomes.
是一种地方性寄生虫感染,可多年无症状,但在免疫抑制个体中可导致死亡。在此,我们报告一例75岁男性因脓毒症和TNF抑制剂导致的慢性免疫抑制继发的重度感染病例。尽管进行了包括广谱抗生素和抗蠕虫药在内的积极治疗,他的呼吸衰竭仍恶化,最终在姑息性拔管后死亡。感染仍然是一个诊断难题。感染的表现通常不具特异性,重度感染时嗜酸性粒细胞增多不明显。诊断可能会延迟,尤其是在低流行地区,人们的怀疑度较低。在存在包括免疫抑制治疗在内的危险因素时,鉴别诊断中应考虑感染,并且应仔细询问旅行史。在嗜酸性粒细胞增多的情况下,反复发生肠杆菌脓毒症或出现弥漫性浸润的呼吸衰竭患者应接受感染检测。多学科方法可导致更早诊断并取得良好结果。