Clinical characteristics and epidemiology of pulmonary pseudallescheriasis


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Kantarcioglu A. S., de Hoog G. S., Guarro J.

REVISTA IBEROAMERICANA DE MICOLOGIA, cilt.29, sa.1, ss.1-13, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

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Background: Some members of the Pseudallescheria (anamorph Scedosporium) have emerged as an important cause of life-threatening infections in humans. These fungi may reach the lungs and bronchial tree causing a wide range of manifestations, from colonization of airways to deep pulmonary infections. Frequently, they may also disseminate to other organs, with a predilection for the brain. In otherwise healthy patients, the infection is characterized by non-invasive type involvement, while invasive and/or disseminated infections were mostly seen in immunocompromised patients.