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Chest, Vol 70, 662-663, Copyright © 1976 by American College of Chest Physicians

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Tracheal obstruction associated with a fungus ball. A case of primary tracheal candidiasis

RK Spear, PD Walker and LM Lampton

An elderly patient developed acute respiratory failure secondary to airway obstruction by a Candida fungus ball which probably developed secondary to the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics when the patient had a decreased gag reflex while in a semicomatose state. The frequency of pulmonary fungus balls and their precipitating causes are briefly discussed. This potentially frequent, previously unreported complication should be recognized as a contributing factor in the development of acute respiratory failure requiring management by bronchoscopic techniques, as opposed to intubation.


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