DiMeglio Matthew, Shaikh Hamadullah, Newman Jennifer, Vazsquez-Rubio Gustavo
Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, the United States of America.
Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, the United States of America.
IDCases. 2022 Aug 12;29:e01599. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01599. eCollection 2022.
This case report examines a previously immunocompetent male that was treated with a prolonged course of corticosteroids for COVID pneumonia. He then returned with worsening headaches followed by flaccid paralysis of extremities due to cerebral and spinal cord abscesses secondary to A review of the literature on the mechanism of immunosuppression with COVID infection and corticosteroids is provided.
本病例报告研究了一名既往免疫功能正常的男性,他因新冠肺炎接受了长时间的皮质类固醇治疗。随后,他因继发于[此处原文缺失具体病因]的脑和脊髓脓肿而出现头痛加重,继而四肢弛缓性麻痹。本文还对新冠感染和皮质类固醇免疫抑制机制的文献进行了综述。