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Aspergillus is a phagocyte opportunistic fungus that causes aspergillosis, an unusual disease in patients with AIDS. Six cases of fungal ball in patients with AIDS are reported here. In this group, all patients had hemoptysis and tuberculosis as the underlying lung disease. The diagnosis of pulmonary fungus ball was based on the clinical and radiographic feature, combined with serological and mycological eviden...
Introdução A AIDS trouxe mudanças na apresentação clínico-radiológica da tuberculose, com o surgimento de formas incomuns. Estas alterações vêm sendo discutidas na literatura internacional. Entretanto, o quadro clínico, radiológico e epidemiológico da apresentação pulmonar da tuberculose em pacientes infectados pelo vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV) em nosso meio não foi ainda completamente descrito. Pacie...