Pulmonary aspergillosis due to Aspergillus terreus combined with staphylococcal pneumonia and hepatic candidiasis.
A female patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) developed pulmonary aspergillosis with staphylococcal pneumonia and hepatic candidiasis. Aspergillus terreus, which is a rare causative organism of pulmonary aspergillosis, was identified from a pulmonary lesion by culture. The aleurioconidium production, a characteristic of the genus Aspergillus sect. terrei, was demonstrated on short and irregular hyphal features in tissue sections. This report is the first of a combined case of pulmonary aspergillosis due to A. terreus with infections caused by other microorganisms.
Kimura
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Second Department of Pathology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Udagawa
S
S
Shoji
A
A
Kume
H
H
Iimori
M
M
Satou
T
T
Hashimoto
S
S
D000328:Adult; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications*; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000150:complications*; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications; D011023:Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / Q000150:complications*