Publication: Green Herring Syndrome: Bacterial Infection in Patients With Mucormycosis Cavitary Lung Disease
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2014
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Oxford University Press
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Peixoto, Driele, Sarah P. Hammond, Nicolas C. Issa, Rachna Madan, Ritu R. Gill, Danny A. Milner, Yolonda L. Colson, Sophia Koo, Lindsey R. Baden, and Francisco M. Marty. 2014. “Green Herring Syndrome: Bacterial Infection in Patients With Mucormycosis Cavitary Lung Disease.” Open Forum Infectious Diseases 1 (1): ofu014. doi:10.1093/ofid/ofu014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofu014.
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Mucormycosis is a life-threatening fungal disease in patients with hematological malignancies. The diagnosis of pulmonary mucormycosis is particularly challenging. We describe 3 mucormycosis cases with an uncommon presentation in patients whose cavitary lung disease was attributed to well documented bacterial infection, although evolution and reassessment established mucormycosis as the underlying disease.
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bacterial coinfection, cavitary lung disease, mucormycosis, transplantation
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