Multifocal Rhizopus microsporus lung infection following brush clearing.
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SUBMITTER: Tsyrkunou AV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4216322 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
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Multifocal Rhizopus microsporus lung infection following brush clearing.
Tsyrkunou Artsiom V AV Ellison Richard T RT Akalin Ali A Wiederhold Nathan N Sutton Deanna A DA Lindner Jonathan J Fan Hongxin H Levitz Stuart M SM Zivna Iva I
Medical mycology case reports 20140808
We report a case of pulmonary Rhizopus microsporus infection in a patient with untreated diabetes following brush clearing. The patient was successfully treated with a combined medical and surgical approach with complete resolution of the lung lesions and remains asymptomatic at 11-month follow-up. ...[more]
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