[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.
Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba.
I
I
González Núñez
L
L
Dosal Caruso
M
M
Díaz Jidy
A
A
Torres Gómez De Cadiz Silva
G
G
Martínez Machín
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