Clinical and Pathological Analysis of Deep Mycoses

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  • OHSAWA Hideki
    Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine

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  • 深在性真菌症の臨床的, 病理学的検討
  • シンザイセイ シンキンショウ ノ リンショウテキ ビョウリガクテキ ケントウ

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Clinical and pathological analysis were performed on 127 cases of deep mycoses diagnosed by autopsy during the 24 years between 1964 and 1987 in Juntendo University Hospital. The following findings were obtained.<BR>1) There has been a tendency for the number of mycoses to increase each year, especially notable for candidiasis and aspergillosis.<BR>2) Underlying diseases were, in order of incidence, various hematologic diseases, solid tumors, inflammatory diseases and collagen diseases; the most common were various types of leukemia.<BR>3) Candidiasis was often observed in patients with gastrointestinal tract cancers. Aspergillosis was often observed in patients with collagen diseases.<BR>4) Regarding the visceral distribution of mycoses, aspergillosis was observed in the lung, candidiasis was observed in the lung, kidney and intestinal tract in decreasing order, and cryptococcosis was also observed in the lung and central nervous system.<BR>5) There was a probability of fungal infections occurring in cases of lymphopenia.<BR>6) A fever was present at the time of hospitalization in many cases of aspergillosis, and the presence of an indwelling catheter was a common feature in cases of candidiasis.<BR>7) Fungemia was frequently observed in candidiasis, but very rarely in cases of aspergillosis.<BR>8) The large amounts of corticosteroid hormones and blood transfusions were suspected as causative factors of fungal infections.

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  • Kansenshogaku Zasshi

    Kansenshogaku Zasshi 65 (2), 200-208, 1991

    The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases

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