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Query: UMLS:C0023241 (
Legionella
)
6,990
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis
(
IPA
), although unusual, has been recognized in the immunocompetent host. Several cases of
IPA
with rapidly progressive respiratory failure have been reported in patients receiving short-term corticosteroid therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Atypical pneumonia caused by dual infection with
Legionella
pneumophila and Mycoplasma pneumoniae has also been reported. We report an unusual case of simultaneous L pneumophila pneumonia and
IPA
in an asthma patient with suspected allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis newly treated with corticosteroids.
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PMID:Simultaneous legionellosis and invasive aspergillosis in an immunocompetent patient newly treated with corticosteroids. 825 95
