Pulmonary tuberculosis with superadded infection of echinococcus and aspergillus

K Verma Kartavya; Bodkha Rajul; Hussain Nighat; Nitin Kashyap; Guguloth Amrutha

doi:10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_1452_20

Pulmonary tuberculosis with superadded infection of echinococcus and aspergillus

Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2022 Apr-Jun;65(2):472-474. doi: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_1452_20.

Authors

K Verma Kartavya¹, Bodkha Rajul¹, Hussain Nighat¹, Nitin Kashyap², Guguloth Amrutha¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur (C.G.), Chhattisgarh, India.
² Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur (C.G.), Chhattisgarh, India.

PMID: 35435399
DOI: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_1452_20

Abstract

Pulmonary tuberculosis is one of the most common immunosuppressive infections in India, seldom accompanies other parasitic and fungal infections. In our case, we describe the three coexistent infections and their clinical presentation in a 53-year-old woman. A fibro-cavitary lesion in lung with superadded infections of hydatid cyst and aspergillus which is rare has been elaborated in the present case.

Keywords: Aspergillus; hydatid cyst; lung; tuberculosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Aspergillus
Echinococcosis, Pulmonary* / complications
Echinococcosis, Pulmonary* / pathology
Echinococcus*
Female
Humans
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Lung / pathology
Middle Aged
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary* / diagnosis