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Case of pseudomembranous necrotizing tracheobronchial aspergillosis in an immunocompetent host
- Source :
- The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
- Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- A 44-year-old Korean male died of rapidly progressive respiratory failure and refractory hypoxemia in 8 days after being admitted with a fever and dyspnea. The patient was diagnosed with pseudomembranous necrotizing tracheobronchial aspergillosis by fibroptic bronchoscopy and it was not related to an invasion of the pulmonary parenchyma. To the best of our knowledge, this case represents a patient with pseudomembranous necrotizing tracheobronchial aspergillosis that developed in an immunocompetent host, rapidly resulting in airway obstruction with acute respiratory failure and refractory hypoxemia without an invasion of the pulmonary parenchyma.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology
Biopsy
Case Report
Aspergillosis
Hypoxemia
Diagnosis, Differential
Immunocompromised Host
Necrosis
Tracheitis
Fatal Outcome
Bronchoscopy
medicine
Humans
Bronchitis
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Airway obstruction
medicine.disease
Surgery
respiratory tract diseases
Differential diagnosis
medicine.symptom
business
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Respiratory insufficiency
Immunocompetence
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 12263303
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Korean journal of internal medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fdf043351d0ac2c7f08f668d4b5b08b5