Coinfection with cryptococcus and aspergillus in an immunocompetent adult: A case report.
Rationale: Aspergillus and Cryptococcus exposure can cause serious secondary infections in human lungs, especially in immunocompromised patients or in conjunction with a chronic disease caused by low disease resistance. Primary invasive fungal infections are clinically rare; therefore, coexistence o...
| Publicado en: | Medicine Vol. 97; no. 39; pp. 1 - 4 |
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| Formato: | case study diagnostic images pictorial Journal Article |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Sep2018
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=132186610&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 132186610 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 00257974 2S6 jtl: Medicine issn: 00257974 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep2018 vid: 97 iid: 39 pid: 433 pub: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins place: Baltimore, Maryland artinfo: ui: 132186610 132186610 NLM30278580 132186610 10.1097/MD.0000000000012612 NLM30278580 132186610 ppf: 1 ppct: 3 formats: tig: atl: Coinfection with cryptococcus and aspergillus in an immunocompetent adult: A case report. aug: au: Qi Wang Zhaoyong Wang Yuqiu Hao Wei Li Tong Xin Mo Chen Peng Gao Wang, Qi Wang, Zhaoyong Hao, Yuqiu Li, Wei Xin, Tong Chen, Mo Gao, Peng affil: Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China. sug: subj: Aspergillosis Diagnosis Cryptococcosis Diagnosis Lung Diseases, Fungal Diagnosis Coinfection Cryptococcus Cryptococcosis Immunology Aspergillosis Immunology Male Hemoptysis Microbiology Adult Lung Diseases, Fungal Immunology Immunocompetence Adult: 19-44 years Male ab: Rationale: Aspergillus and Cryptococcus exposure can cause serious secondary infections in human lungs, especially in immunocompromised patients or in conjunction with a chronic disease caused by low disease resistance. Primary invasive fungal infections are clinically rare; therefore, coexistence of 2 fungi at an infection site is uncommon. This paper reports a case of healthy male who was diagnosed with both Cryptococcus neoformans and Aspergillus infections.Patient Concerns: A healthy 33-year-old male office worker was admitted to the Second Hospital of Jilin University for hemoptysis. A chest computed tomography (CT) scan showed a cavity, which was formed by the thick dorsal wall of the lower left lobe with an irregular inner wall and burr changes around the lesion.Intervention: After 1.0 week of antibiotic and antituberculosis treatment, the hemoptysis symptoms remained. A resection of the left lower lobe was performed.Diagnoses: The postoperative pathological reports indicated the presence of both Aspergillus and Cryptococcus. The 2 fungal lesions were separate but within the same location.Outcomes: After treatment, the patient no longer had hemoptysis.Lessons: The current study indicated that fungi can infect not only immunocompromised patients but also healthy people, and that there can be 2 separate fungal infections at the same infection site. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: case study diagnostic images pictorial Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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