PANCOASTS-SYNDROME DUE TO PULMONARY INFECTION WITH CRYPTOCOCCUS-NEOFORMANS VARIETY GATTII

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作者
MITCHELL, DH
SORRELL, TC
机构
[1] UNIV SYDNEY,WESTMEAD HOSP,CTR INFECT DIS & MICROBIOL,DEPT CLIN MICROBIOL,DARCY RD,WESTMEAD,NSW 2145,AUSTRALIA
[2] UNIV SYDNEY,WESTMEAD HOSP,CTR INFECT DIS & MICROBIOL,DEPT INFECT DIS,WESTMEAD,NSW 2145,AUSTRALIA
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D O I
10.1093/clinids/14.5.1142
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
Immunocompetent hosts usually do not require antifungal therapy for pulmonary cryptococcosis. We present a case of right lung mass and Pancoast's syndrome due to locally invasive Cryptococcus neoformans variety gattii in a normal host. Lobectomy followed by therapy with amphotericin B and flucytosine was curative.
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页码:1142 / 1144
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