Problems of opportunistic infections in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s granulomatosis)
N.G. SHAMSUTDINOVA1, E.V. DYAKOVA2, V.I. ILYINSKIY2, N.S. SPIRIDONOVA2, L.I. MINGAZOVA2
1Kazan State Medical University, 49 Butlerov St., Kazan, Russian Federation 420012
2Republican Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Tatarstan, 138 Orenburgskiy Trakt, Kazan, Russian Federation 420064
Shamsutdinova N.G. — Cand. Med. Sc., Assistant Lecturer of the Department of Hospital Therapy with the course in Endocrinology, tel. +7-904-763-83-72, e-mail: nailya@e-diva.ru1
Dyakova E.V. — doctor of Pulmonology Department, tel. (843) 237-36-26, е-mail: Viktor.Ilinskiy@tatar.ru2
Ilyinskiy V.I. — Head of Pulmonology Department, tel. (843) 237-36-26, е-mail: Viktor.Ilinskiy@tatar.ru2
Spiridonova N.S. — doctor of Pulmonology Department, tel. (843) 237-36-26, е-mail: Viktor.Ilinskiy@tatar.ru2
Mingasova L.I. — doctor of Pulmonology Department, tel. (843) 237-36-26, е-mail: Viktor.Ilinskiy@tatar.ru2
The clinical case of a patient with Wegener’s granulomatosis is presented, in need of immunosuppressive therapy, in combination with an infectious process. The difficulties in diagnosis and treatment of secondary infections in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis are highlighted.
Key words: systemic vasculitis, infection, Wegener’s granulomatosis.
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