Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease (Nov 2020)

A filamentous trio

  • Rishabh Raj,
  • Kavitha Venkatnarayan,
  • Uma Maheswari Krishnaswamy,
  • Uma Devaraj,
  • Priya Ramachandran,
  • Jayanthi Savio

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2020.1493
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 90, no. 4

Abstract

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Opportunistic infections caused by fungi and unusual bacteria are predominantly encountered in the setting of immunosuppressed host. Co-infections with multiple such organisms can pose multiple challenges even to the astute clinician from establishing the diagnosis to drug interactions during treatment of such infections. We hereby present one such case of a triple opportunistic infection in an immunocompetent host and the difficulties faced in the therapeutic decision making.

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