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Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar
On-line version ISSN 1561-3046
Abstract
CAMPOS MUNOZ, Martha; RODRIGUEZ CAMPOS, Daniela de la Caridad; CHACON REYES, Osmel Daniel and CASTANEDA URDANETA, Frank Ariel. Diagnosis of an unusual case of Mycetoma due to Aspergillus. Rev Cub Med Mil [online]. 2020, vol.49, n.2 Epub June 01, 2020. ISSN 1561-3046.
Introduction:
Aspergillosis comprises a wide and heterogeneous group of opportunistic diseases caused by fungi of the Aspergillus genus, considered as an unusual cause of infection. It is the most frequent cause of death from infectious pneumonia and disseminated or opportunistic respiratory infection in immunocompromised patients.
Objectives:
Describe the clinical characteristics of an unusual case of pulmonary aspergillosis.
Case report:
56-year-old patient with a personal history of alcoholic liver disease, admitted due to episodes of expectoration with blood and dry cough. Laboratory, imaging, and pathological studies were conducted that led to the diagnosis of mytoma by Aspergillus fumigatus, which made it possible to indicate the appropriate treatment and perform clinical follow-up.
Conclusions:
Aspergillus fumigatus infection should be considered by the attending physician, because his report constitutes a tool for him to establish an early and adequate therapy, given its prognostic implications and for its morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients.
Keywords : mycetoma; pulmonary aspergillosis; immunosuppression.