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Suggest Treatment For Sputum Culture With Moderate Fungal Growth
My wife , age. 59, having cough since tw0 weeks.
Sputum culture showed: moderate growth of fungus seen after 48 hrs of incubation. Her wt. is 62 kgs.
she had a brain surgery (biopsy0 in 1988 and biopsy result was oligodendroglioma. Pls advise treatment.
Sputum culture showed: moderate growth of fungus seen after 48 hrs of incubation. Her wt. is 62 kgs.
she had a brain surgery (biopsy0 in 1988 and biopsy result was oligodendroglioma. Pls advise treatment.
Mon, 8 Jun 2015
Hi
Welcome to HCM.
I appreciate your concern for your wife.
I am of the opinion that she has fungal infection of her lungs, the most common species being Aspergillus, or histoplamsosis.
Consult a pulmonologist for further evaluation and lab tests to ascertain the specie responsible.
Usually in such cases antifungal drug like Voriconazole is found to be effective in eradicating the infection.
Best regards.
Welcome to HCM.
I appreciate your concern for your wife.
I am of the opinion that she has fungal infection of her lungs, the most common species being Aspergillus, or histoplamsosis.
Consult a pulmonologist for further evaluation and lab tests to ascertain the specie responsible.
Usually in such cases antifungal drug like Voriconazole is found to be effective in eradicating the infection.
Best regards.
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