Surgical Management of Complicated Thoracic Fungal Infections: A Case Series from a Tertiary Referral Center.
Surg Infect (Larchmt)
; 2024 Sep 05.
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ABSTRACT
Although rare in the general population, pulmonary fungal infections usually occur in immunocompromised patients. The mainstay of pulmonary fungal infection treatment is prolonged intravenous antifungal therapy. However, surgical management may be required in cases of complex disease, resistance to medical therapy or percutaneous procedures, or associated complications such as fungal empyema and massive hemoptysis. In this series, we present three patients with complicated thoracic fungal infections who underwent individualized surgical management over a 3-month period in 2022 at our institution. Complicated pulmonary fungal infections require surgical intervention to ensure complete resolution. The choice of operation is dependent on several factors, and surgeons operating on these patients must be privy to the various surgical modalities that may be required to successfully treat these patients.
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MEDLINE
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Surg Infect (Larchmt)
Asunto de la revista:
BACTERIOLOGIA
Año:
2024
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Article
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Estados Unidos
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Estados Unidos