Ramirez-Ortiz R, Rodriguez J, Soto Z, Rivas M, Rodriguez-Cintron W
Pulmonary Section, San Juan Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Puerto Rico 00927-5800, USA.
South Med J. 1997 Jul;90(7):729-32. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199707000-00016.
A chronically immunosuppressed patient receiving oral steroid therapy had a cavitary lesion; both Histoplasma capsulatum and Cryptococcus neoformans were found in samples of respiratory secretions. C neoformans was also found in specimens taken from skin lesions and blood. This is the first reported instance of synchronous infection by these two fungi.
一名接受口服类固醇治疗的慢性免疫抑制患者出现了空洞性病变;在呼吸道分泌物样本中发现了荚膜组织胞浆菌和新型隐球菌。在取自皮肤病变和血液的标本中也发现了新型隐球菌。这是首次报道这两种真菌同步感染的病例。