Coinfection with Lichtheimia corymbifera and Aspergillus flavus in an Immune-Competent Patient Mimicking as Pulmonary-Renal Syndrome

Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi; Farah Idrees; Kauser Jabeen; Saima Kamal; Afia Zafar

doi:10.1007/s11046-017-0122-z

Coinfection with Lichtheimia corymbifera and Aspergillus flavus in an Immune-Competent Patient Mimicking as Pulmonary-Renal Syndrome

Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Farah Idrees, Kauser Jabeen, Saima Kamal, Afia Zafar

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Lichtheimia corymbifera and Aspergillus flavus pulmonary coinfection has been rarely reported in immune-competent patients. We report case of a young male who presented with clinical features of pulmonary-renal syndrome and was later diagnosed to have bilateral polymicrobial fungal lung infection.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	727-731
Number of pages	5
Journal	Mycopathologia
Volume	182
Issue number	7-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-017-0122-z
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2017

Keywords

Aspergillus flavus
Coinfection
Invasive mycosis
Lichtheimia corymbifera

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Coinfection with Lichtheimia corymbifera and Aspergillus flavus in an Immune-Competent Patient Mimicking as Pulmonary-Renal Syndrome

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