[Pulmonary mucormycosis infection in a boy with AIDS].
It is described a pulmonary mucormycosis in an 11-year-old child with AIDS. The diagnosis was obtained by direct examination of the bronchial aspiration. The non-septate, hyaline, dichotomous, pathognomonic cenotic hyphae of this disease were observed. The child was cured with the specific treatment with Amphotericin B, since he died a year later and this affection did not appear in the necropsy. This combination of pulmonary mucormycosis and AIDS has never been reported in Cuba.
González Núñez
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Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba.
Dosal Caruso
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Díaz Jidy
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Torres Gómez De Cadiz Silva
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Martínez Machín
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D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D008205:Lymphangitis / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology; D013977:Tibia / Q000293:injuries
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B