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Coinfection with Lichtheimia corymbifera and Aspergillus flavus in an Immune-Competent Patient Mimicking as Pulmonary-Renal Syndrome

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Lichtheimia corymbifera and Aspergillus flavus pulmonary coinfection has been rarely reported in immune-competent patients. We report case of a young male who presented with clinical features of pulmonary-renal syndrome and was later diagnosed to have bilateral polymicrobial fungal lung infection.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

    Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Farah Idrees & Saima Kamal

  2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

    Kauser Jabeen & Afia Zafar

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Zubairi, A.B.S., Idrees, F., Jabeen, K. et al. Coinfection with Lichtheimia corymbifera and Aspergillus flavus in an Immune-Competent Patient Mimicking as Pulmonary-Renal Syndrome. Mycopathologia 182, 727–731 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-017-0122-z

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