Colonization or infection of Scedosporium in lower respiratory tract of secondary pulmonary tuberculosis patients
ZENG Jing-si
LI Hong-jie
MAO Ye-hong
LIAN Xin
ZHENG Yue-chen
Abstract：Objective Understanding colonization or infection of Scedosporium in lower respiratory tract of secondary pulmonary tuberculosis.Methods Major pathogens of Scedosporiosis,5 Scedosporium spp.(S.apiospermum,S.boydii,S.minutispora,S.aurantiacum and S.dehoogii),were detected in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from the patients with secondary pulmonary tuberculosis using direct microscope examination,fungal culturing and PCR-based reverse line blot (PCR-RLB) targeting the partial β-tubulin gene.Result No Scedosporium spp.were found in 101 specimens of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from secondary pulmonary tuberculosis patients.Conclusion Rare Scedosporium spp.colonize or infect in lower respiratory tract of secondary pulmonary tuberculosis.It implies that secondary pulmonary tuberculosis complicated by Scedosporiosis due to increasing colonization of Scedosporium spp.in the respiratory tract will be uncommon.
Keywords：pulmonary tuberculosisScedosporiumlower respiratory tractcolonization
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 89-91 )