Calcium oxalate in the sputum may aid in the diagnosis of pulmonary aspergillosis: A report of two cases

We present two cases of pulmonary aspergillosis in which calcium oxalate crystals in the sputum proved to be a useful diagnostic clue. In case 1, Aspergillus hyphae was not identified; however, calcium oxalate crystals were present, and chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis was diagnosed. In c...

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Autores principales: Maeno, Tsutomu, Sasaki, Masakazu, Shibue, Yasushi, Mimura, Kazuyuki, Oka, Hideaki
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4366443/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25834787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2015.01.003
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author Maeno, Tsutomu
Sasaki, Masakazu
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Oka, Hideaki
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description We present two cases of pulmonary aspergillosis in which calcium oxalate crystals in the sputum proved to be a useful diagnostic clue. In case 1, Aspergillus hyphae was not identified; however, calcium oxalate crystals were present, and chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis was diagnosed. In case 2, calcium oxalate was detected and Aspergillus fumigatus was identified later. Thus, the presence of calcium oxalate in the sputum may be an important indicator for an A. fumigatus infection.
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spelling pubmed-43664432015-04-01 Calcium oxalate in the sputum may aid in the diagnosis of pulmonary aspergillosis: A report of two cases Maeno, Tsutomu Sasaki, Masakazu Shibue, Yasushi Mimura, Kazuyuki Oka, Hideaki Med Mycol Case Rep Article We present two cases of pulmonary aspergillosis in which calcium oxalate crystals in the sputum proved to be a useful diagnostic clue. In case 1, Aspergillus hyphae was not identified; however, calcium oxalate crystals were present, and chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis was diagnosed. In case 2, calcium oxalate was detected and Aspergillus fumigatus was identified later. Thus, the presence of calcium oxalate in the sputum may be an important indicator for an A. fumigatus infection. Elsevier 2015-01-24 /pmc/articles/PMC4366443/ /pubmed/25834787 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2015.01.003 Text en © 2015 International Society for Human and Animal Mycology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Maeno, Tsutomu
Sasaki, Masakazu
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Calcium oxalate in the sputum may aid in the diagnosis of pulmonary aspergillosis: A report of two cases
title Calcium oxalate in the sputum may aid in the diagnosis of pulmonary aspergillosis: A report of two cases
title_full Calcium oxalate in the sputum may aid in the diagnosis of pulmonary aspergillosis: A report of two cases
title_fullStr Calcium oxalate in the sputum may aid in the diagnosis of pulmonary aspergillosis: A report of two cases
title_full_unstemmed Calcium oxalate in the sputum may aid in the diagnosis of pulmonary aspergillosis: A report of two cases
title_short Calcium oxalate in the sputum may aid in the diagnosis of pulmonary aspergillosis: A report of two cases
title_sort calcium oxalate in the sputum may aid in the diagnosis of pulmonary aspergillosis: a report of two cases
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4366443/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25834787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2015.01.003
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