Basidiobolus: An unusual cause of lung abscess

Chetambath, Ravindran; Sarma, Moinak Sen; Suraj, K P; Jyothi, E K; Mohammed, Safreena; Philomina, Beena; Ramadevi, S

doi:10.4103/0970-2113.63613

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“…In the present study, during a period of 9 months, 18 cases of lung abscess were observed, in contrast to other studies: In Taiwan, a 20-year study found 23 cases of lung abscess (5) ; In Iran in 15 years, there were 22 cases (6) ; In Houston in 11 years there were 45 cases (7) and in India, 1 case in 1 year (8) . This finding in the present study demonstrates the trend of increasing cases of lung abscess as a complication of pneumonia in the community, or by aspiration of foreign bodies, in Luanda (Angola) where socioeconomic conditions favor the development of the disease.…”

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Pulmonary Abscess in Children Admitted to the David Bernardino Pediatric Hospital (Angola): Case Study (2018-2019)

Gamboa¹,

Silvestre²,

Cardoso³

et al. 2022

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Introduction: Lung abscesses are cavities in the lung parenchyma with necrotic lung tissue and fluid inside. Objective: To describe the characteristics of children admitted to the David Bernardino Pediatric Hospital with lung abscess from June 2018 to February 2019. Methodology: Prospective descriptive study carried out in 18 children and adolescents aged 2 months to 14 years, admitted to the David Bernardino Pediatric Hospital with pulmonary abscess confirmed by chest X-ray. Through a form, information on clinical processes and companions, the variables age, sex, nutritional status, vaccination, clinical manifestations, previous antibiotic therapy, underlying diseases, radiological findings, type of abscess, type and duration of treatment and complications were evaluated and analyzed. Results: The most affected age group was 5-9 years old, with 50% of cases. The most frequent symptom was fever (100%), followed by cough and dyspnea with 94.4 and 38.9% of cases, respectively. Malnutrition was present in 16.7% of the cases. 66.7% of the children presented a vaccination card, of which 44.4% had a complete vaccination schedule for their age. In 88.9% of the cases the abscesses were single, 66.7% secondary. and 94.4% were located in the right lung. Clindamycin and postural drainage was the treatment instituted in 100% of the cases. Pleural effusion and empyema were complications in 5.6 % of cases. The mean hospital stay was 19.7 days. 94.4% of children were discharged. Conclusion: Lung abscess is a rare complication of pneumonia in children and is often secondary to foreign body aspiration. Despite being severe, the prognosis is good.

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Pulmonary Abscess in Children Admitted to the David Bernardino Pediatric Hospital (Angola): Case Study (2018-2019)

Gamboa¹,

Silvestre²,

Cardoso³

et al. 2022

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“…Basidiobolus was first described by Eidam in 1886. It is a filamentous fungus isolated from amphibians, reptiles, horses, dogs and bats, as well as wood lice, plant debris and soil . Basidiobolus is classified into B. ranarum, B. meristosporus and B. haptosporus .…”

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Entomophthoromycosis: a challenging emerging disease

El-Shabrawi

Arnaout

Madkour

et al. 2014

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SummaryEntomophthoromycosis is a rare fungal infection that may affect immunocompetent hosts; predominantly in tropical and subtropical regions. Recently, the importance of this emerging mycosis has increased and the scope of its manifestations has been expanded. These manifestations; however, may masquerade as other clinical entities. Prompt diagnosis of this infection requires a high index of suspicion. Although histopathological examination and cultures are the gold standard diagnostic tools; molecular diagnosis is now available and started to play an important role. The cornerstone treatment is prolonged anti-fungal therapy along with surgical debridement. More awareness of this mycosis is warranted for definitive diagnosis and implementation of early proper therapeutic strategies.

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“…Phototrophic property of these fungi [26] is hypothesized to facilitate subcutaneous localization of the spores. Occasional cases of lung [15] and gut [7,10] infections support the hypothesis of aerodigestive inoculation. In our series only 38% had identifiable incident of potential transcutaneous inoculation.…”

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“…In Burkitt's series 63% of patients were under the age of 9 and 30% were adolescents while only 7% were adults [2]. The infection is mostly confined to subcutaneous tissue, although, disseminated forms [12][13][14] and visceral involvement [10,15] are rarely reported. Even in endemic areas, subcutaneous EM is frequently mistaken for soft tissue sarcoma or lymphoma [6,16,17].…”

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