title: Coinfection with Lichtheimia corymbifera and Aspergillus flavus in an Immune-Competent Patient Mimicking as Pulmonary-Renal Syndrome.
abstract: Lichtheimia corymbifera and Aspergillus flavus pulmonary coinfection has been rarely reported in immune-competent patients. We report case of a young male who presented with clinical features of pulmonary-renal syndrome and was later diagnosed to have bilateral polymicrobial fungal lung infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. ali.zubairi@aku.edu.
authors.forename: Ali Bin Sarwar
authors.initials: ABS
authors.lastname: Zubairi
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Farah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Idrees
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Kauser
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jabeen
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Saima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kamal
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Afia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zafar
mesh_terms: D001231:Aspergillus flavus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D060085:Coinfection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000473:pathology*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009090:Mucorales / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology
keywords: Aspergillus flavus; Coinfection; Invasive mycosis; Lichtheimia corymbifera