Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis/pseudomonas.

Menaka Mahendran1, Daniel Urbine2

  • 1Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA mbabusuk@gmail.com.

BMJ Case Reports
|July 14, 2021
PubMed
Summary

Surgical intervention can be life-saving for patients with extensive invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections, even with aggressive antifungal therapy. This case highlights the importance of considering surgery for severe fungal and bacterial lung disease.

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