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Vol. 18. Issue 2.
Pages 115-117 (March - April 1982)
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Vol. 18. Issue 2.
Pages 115-117 (March - April 1982)
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Botriomicosis pulmonar primaria
Primary pulmonary botryomycosis
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A. Roman Rojo, M.C. Urrutia Cabeaga, J.L. Menendez Del Campo, J.E. Armengod Monzon, G. Fernandez Rego
Instituto Nacional de Silicosis. Oviedo
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Se describe un caso de botriomicosis pulmonar primaria, entidad infrecuente, caracterizada por lesión anatomopatológica semejante a la producida por actinomyces pero de etiología bacteriana. El gérmen causal era una pseudomona aeruginosa. La lesión típica asentaba intrabronquialmente. Se presentaba como condensación pulmonar y con hemoptisis persistente. Sólo hemos encontrado descritos otros 11 casos en la literatura mundial, ninguno en España.

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Primary pulmonary botryomycosis is an infrequent finding. The entity is characterized by anatomopathological lesión similar to those caused by actinomyces but of bacterial etiology. The authors describe a case of primary pulmonary botryomycosis in which the causative agent was Pseudomona aeruginosa and with the caracteristic lesión located in the bronchia, which presented as pulmonary condensation with persistent hemoptysis. A revisión of the worldliterature turned up only 11 other cases, none of which in Spain.

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