Clinical study of fungus infections in hospitalized AIDS patients / 中国艾滋病性病

Objective To investigate the incidence,clinical manifestation and prognosis of fungus infections in AIDS patients hospitalized in Fuzhou Infectious Diseases Hospital in the past 20 years.Methods Retrospective study was performed to assess fungus infections in hospitalized AIDS patients from February of 1987 to December of 2007.The patients who had fungus infections were given antifungal drugs.Results Of the total 430 AIDS patients 213 cases(49.3%) were diagnosed as complications with fungus infections which included 55 cases of hospital-acquired infection(25.8%) and 158 cases(74.2%) of community-acquired infection.Especially,105(49.3%) cases had fungus infections affecting multiple organs.The risk factors for fungus infections included old age,TB infection,chronic viral hepatitis,low CD4T cell count(

Aspergillosis of the Lung Presenting as Hemoptysis.

Among mycotic diseases of the lung, pulmonary aspergillosis caused by aspergilloma fumigatus is the one encountered most frequently. An unusual case with a cystic lesion in the lung which turned out to be an aspergilloma is presented here.