bronchopulmonary candidiasis

bronchopulmonary candidiasis
candidiasis of the respiratory tract, either from colonization of the tracheobronchial tree in immunocompromised patients or those on antibiotics, or associated with pneumonia in the immunocompromised. It ranges from mild to severe and life-threatening. Called also bronchocandidiasis.

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