[Human pulmonary adiaspiromycosis: comment on a new case in Brittany]

Pulmonary and human adiaspiromycosis in Brittany: a new observation. A young woman is operated on for pulmonary abcess. The histological study the pulmonary tissue around and at a distance from the abcess shows numerous adiaspores of Emmonsia crescens Emmons & Jellison (1960). The culture of the fungus were not possible. The authors discuss the relationship between the fungus and the pulmonary lesions observed in the cases of human adiaspiromycosis.