scrotal aspergillosis associated with fournier’s gangrene in a patient with cirrhosis

Scrotal Aspergillosis Associated with Fournier’s Gangrene in a Patient with Cirrhosis

Pulmonary aspergillosis is a well known entity occurring in immunocompetent persons. Cutaneous aspergillosis, on the other hand, has been described in cases of suppressed immunity. Recently, invasive aspergillosis has been reported in patients with subtle immune dysfunction such as those with critical illness and advanced cirrhosis. We report a case of scrotal aspergillosis in association with ...

Scrotal Aspergillosis Associated with Fournier’s Gangrene in a Patient with Cirrhosis

Pulmonary aspergillosis is a well known entity occurring in immunocompetent persons. Cutaneous aspergillosis, on the other hand, has been described in cases of suppressed immunity. Recently, invasive aspergillosis has been reported in patients with subtle immune dysfunction such as those with critical illness and advanced cirrhosis. We report a case of scrotal aspergillosis in association with ...

Fungal Fourniers Gangrene in an Immunocompromised Patient

Fournier's Gangrene is a rapidly progressive necrotizing fasciitis of the groin, perianal and perineal region that is often polymicrobial in nature, often averaging 3 species of bacteria per patient. The typical infection can be due to a host of microbes, including gram positive, gram negative and anaerobic species including. Many of the causative organisms are found in the normal microbial flo...

Intrabiliaryrupture of hydatid cyst in a patient with cirrhosis

  Abstract   Acase of 48-year-old male, hepatitis B cirrhosis , hepatic hydatid cyst, jaundice,   fever, chills suffered from severe abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant. He was   suffered from acute cholangitis and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and received   intravenous antibiotics but his condition rapidly deteriorated to sepsis and severe hepatic   failure. The presence of dilate...

PRIMARY BILI A RY CIRRHOSIS IN A PATIENT WITH PROGRESSIVE SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS. A CASE REPORT

A 63-year-old woman suffering from progressive systemic sclerosis for about 20 years disclosed symptoms of liver disease within the last three years. Diagnosis of biliary cirrhosis was established on the basis of clinical picture, pathological examination of the hepatic tissue sample, immunological tests, and x-ray studies. Association of systemic sclerosis with primary biliary cirrhosis is...

Fourniers gangrene following hyfrecation in a male infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.