[The infectious complications of sarcoidosis].

Abstract

In large cohort studies, infectious complications are rarely observed in the course of sarcoidosis. Only small series or cases reports of infection are described in sarcoidosis. Most of cases are represented by opportunistic infection: cryptococcosis, pneumocystis, nocardiosis, histoplasmosis. Corticosteroids-induced immune suppression, and T-CD4 lymphopenia, are often present in these cases of infection, but are not the only factors.

• Authors: Robin Dhote, Sébastien Abad, Dominique Valeyre
• Journal: Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983) (Presse Med) Vol. 38 Issue 2 Pg. 317-23 (Feb 2009) ISSN: 2213-0276 [Electronic] France
• Vernacular Title: Complications infectieuses de la sarcoïdose.
• PMID: 19097746 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Adrenal Cortex Hormones

Topics

• Adrenal Cortex Hormones (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Aspergillosis (epidemiology)
• CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes (immunology)
• Cryptococcosis (epidemiology)
• Histoplasmosis (epidemiology)
• Humans
• Immunosuppression Therapy (adverse effects)
• Incidence
• Lymphopenia (complications)
• Nocardia Infections
• Opportunistic Infections (epidemiology)
• Pneumocystis Infections (epidemiology)
• Sarcoidosis (complications, drug therapy, physiopathology)