Invasive fungal infections in endogenous Cushing's syndrome.
Cushing's syndrome is a condition characterized by elevated cortisol levels that can result from either augmented endogenous production or exogenous administration of corticosteroids. The predisposition to fungal infections among patients with hypercortisolemia has been noted since Cushing's original description of the disease. We describe here a patient with endogenous Cushing's syndrome secondary to an adrenocortical carcinoma, who developed concomitant disseminated cryptococcosis and candidiasis in the course of his disease.
Endocrine Division.
Rafael Selbach
RS
Scheffel
Endocrine Division.
José Miguel
JM
Dora
Endocrine Division.
Letícia Schwerz
LS
Weinert
Microbiology Unit of the Clinical Pathology Division, and.
Valério
V
Aquino
Endocrine Division.
Ana Luiza
AL
Maia
Endocrine Division.
Luis Henrique
LH
Canani
Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Luciano Z
LZ
Goldani
Cushing's disease; Cushing's syndrome; aspergillosis; candidemia; cryptococcosis; fungal infections; histoplasmosis; hypercortisolemia; mycosis.; pneumocystosis; scedosporiosis