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Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica

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PINTO, Miguel E; BANDA, Claudia  and  SEAS, Carlos. Pulmonary aspergillosis due to methimazole-induced neutropenia: a case report. Rev. perú. med. exp. salud publica [online]. 2012, vol.29, n.2, pp.255-258. ISSN 1726-4634.

A 48-year old woman with a recent diagnosis of Graves’ disease arrived at the emergency room with fever, palpitations, and a sore throat. Her regular treatment included methimazole. On admission, laboratory results showed suppressed TSH, elevated free thyroxine, and neutropenia. She was admitted and started on antibiotics and granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (gm-csf). After ten days, the patient developed leukocytosis, fever, and hemoptysis. Chest CT scan showed a lung cavity with multiple nodules in the upper right lobe. Cultures from a lung biopsy were positive for Aspergillus Fumigatus and Aspergillus Flavus. Amphotericin B was started but then switched to voriconazole, with both treatments failing to result in clinical improvement. The patient died of multi-organ failure

Keywords : Aspergillus; Pulmonary aspergillosis; Neutropenia; Methimazole; Antithyroid agents.

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