《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2005, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (12): 1042-1043.

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Clinical features of chronic lung diseases patients combined with lung fungal infection

LI Pei-lan, LI Wei, CHEN Ling, et al   

  1. The Department of Internal Medicine, Beijing Charity Hospital, Beijing 100068, China
  • Received:2005-08-31 Published:2005-12-25 Online:2005-12-25

Abstract: ObjectiveTo investigate the clinical features of chronic lung diseases patients combined with lung fungal infection.MethodsThe data of 216 hospitalized cases with chronic lung diseases were retrospectively analyzed.ResultsThe rate of lung fungal infection of chronic lung diseases patients was 28.1%, and the main pathologic fungal was Candida albicans, about 67.2 %.ConclusionThe chronic lung diseases patient has a higher rate of lung fungal infections compared with other diseases. The measures of preventing, diagnosing and treating lung fungal infection at early stage should be taken.

Key words: chronic lung disease, lung fungal infection, clinical survey