title: Mixed pulmonary infection with Strongyloides stercoralis and Blastomyces dermatitidis.
abstract: We report the first case of mixed pulmonary infection with Strongyloides stercoralis and Blastomyces dermatitidis. Histopathology from the lung biopsy showed structures consistent with B. dermatitidis and S. stercoralis. A parasitology exam from a bronchi alveolar lavage yielded an immature rhabditiform larva and female worm. Fungal cultures grew B. dermatitidis.
authors.affiliation: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Louisville, Kentucky 40206, USA.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sciortino
authors.forename: Rawhi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Omar
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De La Cruz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001758:Blastomyces / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001759:Blastomycosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000473:pathology*; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017171:Strongyloides stercoralis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000473:pathology*