Disseminated Aspergillosis as the Herald Manifestation of Chronic Granulomatous Disease in an Adult Patient

Abstract

Chronic granulomatous disease is an inherited defect in intracellular killing of ingested microorganisms characterized by recurrent life threatening bacterial and fungal infections including invasive aspergillosis in early childhood. We report a disseminated aspergillosis as the representative of adult onset chronic granulomatous disease without previous infection, with dramatic response to combination of antifungal and interferon therapy.

Keywords

• Adulthood
• Anidulafungin
• Aspergillosis
• Chronic granulomatous disease
• Dihydrorhodamine
• Invasive fungal infection