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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2000, p. 886-887, Vol. 38, No. 2
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Thyrotoxicosis Induced by Thyroid Involvement of Disseminated Aspergillus fumigatus Infection

Mathias W. Hornef,1 Jochen Schopohl,2 Christian Zietz,3 Klaus K. J. Hallfeldt,4 Andreas Roggenkamp,2 Roland Gärtner,2 and Jürgen Heesemann1,*

Max von Pettenkofer Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology,1 Department of Internal Medicine, Intensive Care Unit,2 Institute of Pathology,3 and Department of Surgery,4 Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany

Received 22 July 1999/Returned for modification 24 August 1999/Accepted 28 October 1999

Aspergillus fumigatus is increasingly recognized as an important nosocomial pathogen in severely immunocompromised patients. Infection is difficult to diagnose antemortem and typically has a fatal outcome. Here we report the case of a cardiac transplant recipient with disseminated A. fumigatus infection which clinically presented as thyrotoxicosis due to massive involvement of the thyroid gland.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Max von Pettenkofer Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Pettenkoferstr. 9a, D-80336 Munich, Germany. Phone: 0049-89-5160 5215. Fax: 0049-89-5160 5223. E-mail: heesemann{at}m3401.mpk.med.uni-muenchen.de.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2000, p. 886-887, Vol. 38, No. 2
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.




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