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Case Reports
. 2011 Nov;56(11):1837-9.
doi: 10.4187/respcare.01119. Epub 2011 May 20.

Surgical resection and liposomal amphotericin B to treat cavitary pulmonary zygomycosis in a patient with diabetes

Zhu Hua-Ping  1 , Liang Jian, Huang Jing-Bin, Gao Jie, Mo Guo-Xin, Jia Yan-Hong, Xie Li-Xin
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Surgical resection and liposomal amphotericin B to treat cavitary pulmonary zygomycosis in a patient with diabetes

Zhu Hua-Ping et al. Respir Care. 2011 Nov.

Abstract

We describe a 24-year-old man with type 1 diabetes mellitus and a cavitary lesion in the right upper lobe, caused by a zygomycete. Surgical resection plus liposomal amphotericin B therapy was successful. We discuss predisposing condition, clinical findings, diagnosis, and treatment of pulmonary zygomycosis.

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