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Parasitic Lung Infections

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Eukaryotic parasites rarely involve the lungs in patients with hematological malignancies. As with other eukaryotic pathogens such as fungi (mainly Pneumocystis, Aspergillus, and Candida), parasitic infections in immunocompromised patients are associated with high morbidity and mortality rates if not prevented or diagnosed and treated early. In this review, we describe pulmonary toxoplasmosis and stongyloidiasis.

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  1. Medical Polyvalent ICU, Albert Michallon University Hospital, BP 217, 38043, Grenoble Cedex 09, France

    Jean-François Timsit

  2. Inserm U 823, Team 11: Epidemiology of Cancer and Critical Illnesses, Grenoble, France

    Jean-François Timsit

  3. Infectious Diseases Department, Albert Michallon University Hospital, Grenoble, France

    Jean-Paul Brion

  4. Department of Mycology, Albert Michallon University Hospital, Grenoble, France

    Hervé Pelloux

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Timsit, JF., Brion, JP., Pelloux, H. (2011). Parasitic Lung Infections. In: Azoulay, E. (eds) Pulmonary Involvement in Patients with Hematological Malignancies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15742-4_29

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