Simultaneous disseminated aspergillosis and zygomycosis in a leukemic patient

Although the incidence of fungal infections is increasing, infections caused by more than one fungus are rare. We have described the clinical, pathologic, and mycologic findings in a leukemic patient with simultaneous pulmonary infection and systemic dissemination caused by Aspergillus fumigatus and...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Southern medical journal (Birmingham, Ala.) Ala.), 1979-10, Vol.72 (10), p.1325-1327
Hauptverfasser:	Scheld, W M, Royston, D, Harding, S A, Hess, C E, Sande, M A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aspergillosis - complications Aspergillosis - diagnosis Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary - complications Brain Diseases - etiology Humans Leukemia, Lymphoid - complications Lung Diseases, Fungal - complications Lung Diseases, Fungal - diagnosis Male Mucormycosis - complications Mucormycosis - diagnosis Rhizopus
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Zusammenfassung:	Although the incidence of fungal infections is increasing, infections caused by more than one fungus are rare. We have described the clinical, pathologic, and mycologic findings in a leukemic patient with simultaneous pulmonary infection and systemic dissemination caused by Aspergillus fumigatus and Rhizopus sp.
ISSN:	0038-4348
DOI:	10.1097/00007611-197910000-00029