fungal pneumonia

Introduction

see pneumonia & chronic pneumonia

Etiology

• most common
  • coccidioidomycosis
  • histoplasmosis
  • blastomycosis

Laboratory

• sputum cultures may take as long as 30 days to become positive

Radiology

• chest X-ray
  • a single rounded opacity suggests blastomycosis

Differential diagnosis

• pulmonary tuberculosis

More general terms

• chronic pneumonia
• mycosis; fungal infection

More specific terms

• Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)