[A multicentre retrospective study of pulmonary mycosis clinically proven from 1998 to 2007].

You-ning Liu, Danyang She, Tieying Sun, Zhaohui Tong, Bei He, Yi Xiao, Li-xian He, Jieming Qu, Xiaoqing Liu, Er-Ran Li,

PubMed · 2011 · 35 citations · 0 references

Abstract

The ahead five species of pulmonary mycosis in China were orderly pulmonary aspergillosis, pulmonary candidosis, pulmonary cryptococcosis, pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and pulmonary mucormycosis. The main pathogens of pulmonary candidosis were Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis, which were sensitive to common azoles. Compared with the other common pulmonary mycosis, pulmonary cryptococcosis catch younger patients, had more community-acquired cases, and had better prognosis.