A 66-Year-Old Woman With Progressive Dyspnea and Obstructive Pneumonia.
Chest
; 160(2): e177-e180, 2021 08.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34366040
ABSTRACT
CASE PRESENTATION A 66-year-old woman with a history of diabetes presented with an intermittent low-grade fever, cough, shortness of breath, and decreased activity tolerance over a 3-month period. She is a farmer, and denied a history of chronic pulmonary disease. Her only medical history was type 2 diabetes managed without medication. She denied smoking or tobacco use. She did not report any recent travel and denied having birds at home. Imaging at a local hospital showed left lower lobe atelectasis with a small pleural effusion. An infection with mucormycosis was diagnosed through transbronchial biopsy. The patient was given nebulized amphotericin B along with concurrent IV liposomal amphotericin B for a total of 15 days. She experienced no significant improvement in symptoms during therapy and, in fact, developed worsening, progressive dyspnea.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Voriconazole
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Hypocreales
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Lung Diseases, Fungal
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Antifungal Agents
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Chest
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China