5.Childhood pulmonary aspergillosis: report of three cases.
Li-Jie WANG ; Chun-Feng LIU ; Li-Xia ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics 2010;12(5):401-403
Aspergillosis
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diagnosis
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drug therapy
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Child, Preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Lung Diseases, Fungal
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diagnosis
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drug therapy
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Male
8.Acute Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis and Review of Published Cases with Lung Involvement in Korea.
Ji Hyun OH ; Hyo Shik KIM ; Kyu Tae YOON ; Yena KANG ; Changwook MIN ; So My KOO ; Jung Hwa HWANG ; Ki Up KIM
Soonchunhyang Medical Science 2015;21(2):159-163
Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection caused by Coccidioides immitis. The endemic area is mostly south-western United States. As increasing in overseas travel to endemic areas, the incidence rate has been recently increased in non-endemic areas. The diagnosis may be delayed in non-endemic area. It is important to elicit traveling histories and to differentiate lung consolidation with eosinophilia, for timely diagnosis of coccidioidomycosis. Recently, we experienced a case with pulmonary coccidioidomycosis in a Korean American who visited Korea showed consolidation in right lower lobe on chest X-ray and prolonged eosinophilia. In the case, a confirmatory diagnostic method was percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy of lung. We report acute pulomonary coccidioidomycosis case and review previous published reports with pulmonary manifestation in Korea.
Asian Americans
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Biopsy, Needle
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Coccidioides
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Coccidioidomycosis*
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Diagnosis
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Endemic Diseases
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Eosinophilia
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Humans
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Incidence
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Korea*
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Lung Diseases, Fungal
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Lung*
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Thorax
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United States
9.Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis Histologically Mimicking Mucormycosis.
Jun Gyu SONG ; Sae Han KANG ; Byung Wook JUNG ; Hyeon Sik OH ; Min Ja KIM ; Seung Hyeun LEE
The Ewha Medical Journal 2016;39(2):65-68
Differential diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis from other pulmonary fungal infections including mucormycosis is important because the treatment is pathogen-dependent. Clinically, invasive aspergillosis is often discriminated from other mold infections on the basis of typical histopathologic features in the biopsy specimen. However, biopsy alone is not always complete because different fungal species can display similar histopathologic features. Surrogate markers or molecular-based assays can be useful when the results of conventional diagnostic modalities are conflicting. Here, we present a case of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis histologically mimicking mucormycosis, which was confirmed by fungal polymerase chain reaction.
Aspergillosis
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Biomarkers
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Biopsy
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Fungi
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Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis*
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Lung Diseases, Fungal
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Mucormycosis*
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
10.Imaging Findings of Pulmonary Cryptococcosis.
Yao HUANG ; Xin SUI ; Lan SONG ; Li Xiao XU ; Wei SONG
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae 2019;41(6):832-836
Pulmonary cryptococcosis(PC)is a fungal infection that can be easily misdiagnosed due to its non-specific clinical features and imaging findings.This article reviews the imaging findings of PC,their relationships with pathology and immune status,and differential diagnosis of PC with other disease,so as to improve the clinical management of PC.
Cryptococcosis
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Humans
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Lung Diseases, Fungal
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed