Esporotricose pulmonar: relato de caso / Pulmonay sporotrichosis: a case report
Pulmäo RJ
; 17(2/4): 101-104, 2008.
Article
in Portuguese
| LILACS
| ID: lil-548971
Responsible library:
BR674.1
RESUMO
Os autores relatam o caso de um homem de 49 anos, com quadro de síndrome consumptiva e múltiplas cavitações pulmonares há cinco anos. Foi tratado para tuberculose, em duas ocasiões, sem melhora da sintomatologia. O paciente foi internado com quadro de dispnéia em repouso e febre, sendo sua cultura de escarro positiva para Sporothrix schenckii. O objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar uma forma rara de esporotricose e ressaltar a importância de seu reconhecimento.
ABSTRACT
A 49 year-old white man was admitted with dyspnea, cough and fever, with a history of consumptive syndrome and pulmonary cavitary disease for the past five years. He was treated twice for pulmonary tuberculosis previously, but without responses. His sputum culture was positive for Sporothrix schenckii. The ocurrence of sporotrichosis as a disease of the lung without cutaneos involvement is rare. So the subject of this report is to describe a case of pulmonary sporotrichosis and show the importance of its recognition.
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Health context:
Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Tuberculosis
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Sporotrichosis
/
Lung Diseases, Fungal
Limits:
Humans
/
Male
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Pulmäo RJ
Journal subject:
Pulmonary Disease (Specialty)
Year:
2008
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto/BR
/
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro/BR