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MDPI, Infectious Disease Reports, 1(2), 2010

DOI: 10.4081/idr.2010.e4

MDPI, Infectious Disease Reports, 1(2), p. e4, 2010

DOI: 10.4081/idr.2010.1281

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Invasive fungal infections in endogenous Cushing’s syndrome

Journal article published in 2010 by Rafael Selbach Scheffel, Rafael Selbach Scheffel ORCID, José Miguel Dora, Letícia Schwerz Weinert, Valério Aquino, Ana Luiza Maia ORCID, Luis Henrique Canani, Luciano Z. Goldani
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Abstract

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 endo-genous Cushing’s syndrome secondary to an adrenocortical carcinoma, who developed concomitant disseminated cryptococcosis and candidiasis in the course of his disease.