title: Thyrotoxicosis induced by thyroid involvement of disseminated Aspergillus fumigatus infection.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Max von Pettenkofer Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Hornef
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schopohl
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zietz
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Hallfeldt
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roggenkamp
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gärtner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heesemann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D013971:Thyrotoxicosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology