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Pulmonary pseudallescheriasis in an immunocompetent patient without a pre-existing cavity or cyst is a rare phenomenon. We report a case of invasive pulmonary pseudallescheriasis in a lobectomised patient treated for tuberculosis. Filamentous fungi with pyriform conidia were seen in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid .The fungus was identified as Pseudallescheria boydii on culture.
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Bashir, G., Shakeel, S., Wani, T. et al. Pulmonary pseudallescheriasis in a patient with healed tuberculosis. Mycopathologia 158, 289–291 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-004-2224-7
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