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[Pulmonary adiaspiromycosis: casual finding in a patient who died of yellow fever].

Authors :
Moraes MA
Gomes MI
Vianna LM
Source :
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical [Rev Soc Bras Med Trop] 2001 Jan-Feb; Vol. 34 (1), pp. 83-5.
Publication Year :
2001

Abstract

During an outbreak of yellow fever (rural form of the infection) occurred recently in the State of Goiás, Brazil, a patient, with clinical manifestations suggestive of the infection, died in the University Hospital of Brasilia, DF, on the fifth day from admission. Postmortem examination revealed, microscopically, the characteristic alterations of the infection, and discovered in the lungs and hilar lymph nodes round microrganisms identified as adiaconidia of Emmonsia parva var. crescens.

Details

Language :
Portuguese
ISSN :
0037-8682
Volume :
34
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
11340501
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1590/s0037-86822001000100012