Browsing by Author "Martínez Montalvo, Carlos Mauricio"
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Item Pneumonia due to Aspergillus fumigatus and Pneumocystis jirovecii coinfection in a non-HIVinfected patient: Case report(Colegio Medico del Peru, 2022) Martínez Montalvo, Carlos Mauricio; Perez, Manuel Antonio; Fuentes Lacouture, María Cynthia; Mena, Karime Bravo; Leal Bernal, Sofía Fernanda; Velasco, Yulieth Magdalena; Charria Caicedo, Melissa; Estrada Serrano, NataliaInvasive pulmonary aspergillosis is a condition that mainly occurs in immunosuppressed patients, and it has a high mortality rate. Pneumonia caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii is a potentially lethal opportunistic infection affecting immunosuppressed patients with different etiology. Coinfection by Aspergillus and P. jirovecii in immunocompetent patients is unusual. We report a case of a patient with no common causes of immunosuppression who developed pneumonia coinfection caused by Aspergillus fumigatus and Pneumocystis jirovecii.