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Disseminated aspergillosis after near-drowning
J C ter Maaten1, R P Golding, R J Strack van Schijndel
1Department of Medicine, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The Netherlands Journal of Medicine
|July 1, 1995
Abstract:
We report a case of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis after near-drowning complicated by systemic disseminated disease to the heart, kidneys, left adrenal gland and brain. Detection of fungal micro-organisms in the sputum of near-drowning patients should be taken seriously.