title: [Lung mycosis in non neuropenic patients].
abstract: Lung mycosis is rare. Diagnosis and treatment must be done the earliest possible.
  
  
  METHODS
  It is about a retrospective study on clinical records including patients hospitalized for lung infection.
  
  
  RESULTS
  From 2008 to 2011, 16 patients (13 men and three women, average age 42 years) developed a pulmonary infection. Twelve of our patients had respiratory or extrarespiratory histories. None of our patients had a neutropenia. The diagnoses were lung aspergilloma in four cases, invasive lung aspergillosis in three cases, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in three cases, mucormycosis in three cases, trichosporonosis in a case, actinomycosis in one case and penicilliosis in one case. An antifungal treatment consisting in amphotericin B or itraconazole was given to four patients and six patients, respectively. Surgery was chosen for six patients. The evolution was good for 12 patients, one presented renal failure, and three patients died.
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université Tunis El Manar, centre hospitalo-universitaire Charles-Nicolle, Bab Saadoun, 1106 Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ourari-Dhahri
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ben Amar
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: El Gharbi
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Baccar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Azzabi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aouina
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bouacha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D015897:Comorbidity; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009504:Neutrophils; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents