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Case Reports
. 1997 Feb;111(2):508-11.
doi: 10.1378/chest.111.2.508.

Pulmonary tuberculosis associated with invasive pseudallescheriasis

J Tekavec  1 , E Mlinarić-Missoni, V Babic-Vazic
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Case Reports

Pulmonary tuberculosis associated with invasive pseudallescheriasis

J Tekavec et al. Chest. 1997 Feb.

Abstract

A 54-year-old woman with pulmonary tuberculosis developed pneumonia caused by Scedosporium apiospermum, the asexual stage of the fungus Pseudallescheria boydii. Mycobacterium tuberculosis and P boydii were cultured in BAL fluid. The patient cleaned swimming pools in a spa health resort and was highly exposed to fungal conidia. She was successfully treated with antituberculosis drugs, miconazole nitrate and ketoconazole, leading to remission of her pulmonary infection. Invasive pulmonary pseudallescheriasis associated with tuberculosis is an unusual finding, especially in an immunocompetent individual.

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