| Literature DB >> 900636 |
M S Cohen, C J Brook, B Naylor, J Plouffe, J Silva, J G Weg.
Abstract
Phycomycetes are ubiquitous saprophytic fungi sharing with other fungi a propensity for invasion and disease production in immunologically compromised hosts. Diabetes mellitus, in particular diabetic ketoacidosis, is a common clinical setting for phycomycosis. A pulmonary phycomycetoma was diagnosed in a diabetic patient from material obtained by bronchial brushing was treated successfully with a combination of surgery and amphotericin B.Entities:
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Year: 1977 PMID： 900636 DOI： 10.1164/arrd.1977.116.3.519
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am Rev Respir Dis ISSN： 0003-0805