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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2006, p. 4270-4272, Vol. 44, No. 11
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01201-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Mixed Pulmonary Infection with Strongyloides stercoralis and Blastomyces dermatitidis{triangledown}

Carmen Sciortino,1,2* Rawhi Omar,1 and Rafael De La Cruz2

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Louisville, Kentucky,1 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky2

Received 12 June 2006/ Returned for modification 31 July 2006/ Accepted 23 August 2006

We report the first case of mixed pulmonary infection with Strongyloides stercoralis and Blastomyces dermatitidis. Histopathology from the lung biopsy showed structures consistent with B. dermatitidis and S. stercoralis. A parasitology exam from a bronchi alveolar lavage yielded an immature rhabditiform larva and female worm. Fungal cultures grew B. dermatitidis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 800 Zorn Ave., Louisville, KY 40206.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 6 September 2006.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2006, p. 4270-4272, Vol. 44, No. 11
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01201-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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