Artigo de periódico
Fungus ball in HIV-infected patients
Autor
Guazzelli, Luciana Silva
Unis, Gisela
Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski
Severo, Luiz Carlos
Severo, Cecília Bittencourt
Picon, Pedro Dornelles
Resumen
Aspergillus is a phagocyte opportunistic fungus that causes aspergillosis, an unusual disease in patients with AIDS. Six cases of fungal ball in patients with AIDS are reported here. In this group, all patients had hemoptysis and tuberculosis as the underlying lung disease. The diagnosis of pulmonary fungus ball was based on the clinical and radiographic feature, combined with serological and mycological evidence of Aspergillus fumigatus.