Respiratory tract intracavitary colonization due to Scedosporium apiospermum: report of four cases.
Four cases of respiratory tract intracavitary colonization (fungus ball) due to Scedosporium apiospermum (teleomorph, Pseudallescheria boydii) are reported. The need for a careful search for anneloconidia, in order to establish the etiologic diagnosis in the clinical specimen by microscopy, is emphasized.
Severo
Luiz Carlos
LC
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. severo@santacasa.tche.br
Oliveira
Flávio de Mattos
Fde M
Irion
Klaus
K
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D021681:Scedosporium / Q000302:isolation & purification*