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Case Reports
. 2019 Aug 5;132(15):1881-1882.
doi: 10.1097/CM9.0000000000000343.

Co-infection of Pneumocystis jirovecii and Aspergillus in a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Dong-Hwa Lee  1 , Jun Yeun Cho  1 , Sun-Hyung Kim  1 , Hee-Sung Kim  1 , Ok-Jun Lee  2 , Yoon Mi Shin  1
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Co-infection of Pneumocystis jirovecii and Aspergillus in a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Dong-Hwa Lee et al. Chin Med J (Engl). .
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Representative image of the patient. (A) Initial chest radiograph. Ground-glass opacities, consolidations, and cavitary lesions (arrows). (B) Initial chest computed tomography (CT): (a, b) diffuse geographic, consolidations, and ground-glass opacities; (c, d) two cavitary lesions. (C) Follow-up chest CT: (a) new ground-glass opacities; (b) cavitary change; (c) new consolidations; (d) two cavitary lesions. (D) Gomori methenamine silver stain of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Gomori methenamine silver stain shows septated fungal hyphaes (arrows) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (original magnification ×400).
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