Invasive mycosis of a pulmonary hydatid cyst in a non-immunocompromised host

J Trop Med Hyg. 1995 Dec;98(6):404-6.

Abstract

Fungal infection of a parasitic cyst is highly unusual. A case of invasive mycosis of a hydatid cyst situated in an ectatic bronchus is reported in a patient with normal immune status.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging
  • Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / microbiology*
  • Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence
  • Klebsiella / isolation & purification
  • Lung / microbiology
  • Lung / parasitology
  • Lung / pathology
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / etiology*
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / pathology
  • Mycoses / diagnostic imaging
  • Mycoses / etiology*
  • Mycoses / pathology
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Sputum / microbiology