Pulmonary Infection by Blastoschizomyces capitatus in An old Tuberculosis Patient

Blastoschizomyces capitatus is an arthrospore filamentous fungus. Lung infection by Blastoschizomyces can develop as an opportunistic infection in patients with underlying conditions especially when there is immunosuppression including neutropenia. However, it can occur in non-neutropenic patients...

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Main Authors:	Sapna Chauhan, Swati Tiwari, Paramjit Singh, Roma Goyal
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2015-09-01
Series:	Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Subjects:	fluconazole immunocompetence sputum
Online Access:	https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/6443/13274_CE(RA1)_F(T)_PF1(VSUAK)_PFA(P)_PF2(PAG).pdf

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spelling	doaj-5ac92a60ebd942219254b92253ff2d7c2020-11-25T03:11:22ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2015-09-0199DD01DD0210.7860/JCDR/2015/13274.6443Pulmonary Infection by Blastoschizomyces capitatus in An old Tuberculosis PatientSapna Chauhan0Swati Tiwari1Paramjit Singh2Roma Goyal3Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Muzaffarnagar Medical College, Uttar Pradesh, India.Junior Resident 2nd Year, Department of Microbiology, Muzaffarnagar Medical College, Uttar Pradesh, India.Professor and Head of Department, Department of Microbiology, Muzaffarnagar Medical College, Uttar Pradesh, India.Demonstrator, Department of Microbiology, Muzaffarnagar Medical College, Uttar Pradesh, India.Blastoschizomyces capitatus is an arthrospore filamentous fungus. Lung infection by Blastoschizomyces can develop as an opportunistic infection in patients with underlying conditions especially when there is immunosuppression including neutropenia. However, it can occur in non-neutropenic patients with solid organ transplant and patients whose local pulmonary defenses are altered by chronic underlying lung pathology. We report here a case of pulmonary infection by B. capitatus in an old tuberculosis patient.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/6443/13274_CE(RA1)_F(T)_PF1(VSUAK)_PFA(P)_PF2(PAG).pdffluconazoleimmunocompetencesputum
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author_facet	Sapna Chauhan Swati Tiwari Paramjit Singh Roma Goyal
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title	Pulmonary Infection by Blastoschizomyces capitatus in An old Tuberculosis Patient
title_short	Pulmonary Infection by Blastoschizomyces capitatus in An old Tuberculosis Patient
title_full	Pulmonary Infection by Blastoschizomyces capitatus in An old Tuberculosis Patient
title_fullStr	Pulmonary Infection by Blastoschizomyces capitatus in An old Tuberculosis Patient
title_full_unstemmed	Pulmonary Infection by Blastoschizomyces capitatus in An old Tuberculosis Patient
title_sort	pulmonary infection by blastoschizomyces capitatus in an old tuberculosis patient
publisher	JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
series	Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
issn	2249-782X 0973-709X
publishDate	2015-09-01
description	Blastoschizomyces capitatus is an arthrospore filamentous fungus. Lung infection by Blastoschizomyces can develop as an opportunistic infection in patients with underlying conditions especially when there is immunosuppression including neutropenia. However, it can occur in non-neutropenic patients with solid organ transplant and patients whose local pulmonary defenses are altered by chronic underlying lung pathology. We report here a case of pulmonary infection by B. capitatus in an old tuberculosis patient.
topic	fluconazole immunocompetence sputum
url	https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/6443/13274_CE(RA1)_F(T)_PF1(VSUAK)_PFA(P)_PF2(PAG).pdf
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Pulmonary Infection by Blastoschizomyces capitatus in An old Tuberculosis Patient

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