American Review of Respiratory Disease · 1977 · 18 citations · 0 references
Life SciencesInfectious DiseasesMicrobiologyMedical MicrobiologyMycologyPulmonologyDiabetic KetoacidosisFungal DiversityFungal ImmunologyFungal InfectionsFungal PathogenesisFungal SymbiosisBrushingDiabetic Ketoacidosis ManagementFungal Invasion MechanismsFungal Lung DiseaseFungal TropismInvasive Fungal InfectionsPulmonary Fungal InfectionsSaprophytic Fungi
Phycomycetes are ubiquitous saprophytic fungi sharing with other fungi a propensity for invasion and disease production in immunologically compromised hosts. Diabetes mellitus, in particular diabetic ketoacidosis, is a common clinical setting for phycomycosis. A pulmonary phycomycetoma was diagnosed in a diabetic patient from material obtained by bronchial brushing was treated successfully with a combination of surgery and amphotericin B.