Open Access<p>Fungal Isolates of the Respiratory Tract in Symptomatic Patients Hospitalized in Pulmonary Units: A Mycological and Molecular Epidemiologic Study</p>
Author(s) -
Zahra Rafat,
Seyed Jamal Hashemi,
Keyhan Ashrafi,
Iraj Nikokar,
Alireza Jafari,
Abbas Rahimi Foroushani,
Behrad Roohi,
Zeinab Borjian Boroujeini,
Niloofar Rashidi,
Niki Najar-Shahri
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-2390
DOI - 10.2147/jmdh.s252371
Subject(s) - sputum , bronchoalveolar lavage , medicine , candida albicans , gastroenterology , sputum culture , respiratory tract , lung , galactomannan , candida tropicalis , respiratory system , population , aspergillosis , pathology , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , tuberculosis , biology , environmental health
Fungal respiratory infections are being recognized with increasing frequency in parallel with an expanding population of immunocompromised patients. In most cases, colonization is the first step in the progression to pulmonary fungal infection. This study was designed to evaluate the distribution of fungal elements in the respiratory tract of symptomatic patients hospitalized in pulmonary units.