CTSN - Pulmonary Fungus and Tuberculosis

Pulmonary Fungus and Tuberculosis Selected References
Selected Articles
Haque AK. Pathology of common pulmonary fungal infections. Journal of Thoracic Imaging 1992 7(4):1-11.

Lead article in this volume dedicated to the thoracic manifestations of fungal diseases. Attention is directed towards the rise of opportunistic organisms in the immunocompromised population.

Newsom BD and Hardy JD. Pulmonary fungal infection. Survey of 159 cases with surgical implications. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 1982 83(2):218-26.

The authors review all varieties of pulmonary fungal infections, pointing out that appropriate drug therapy should always precede judicious operative intervention.

Mouroux J, Maalouf J, Padovani B, Rotomondo C, Richelme H. Surgical management of pleuropulmonary tuberculosis. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 1996 111(3):662-70.

A current update on the continued value of surgical intervention in the treatment of Tb. The article has excellent CT scans and categorizes patients in three groups: diagnostic procedure, operation for active disease, and operation for complications of disease.

Pomerantz M and Brown J. The surgical management of tuberculosis. Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 1995 7(2):108-11.

A short review article which reminds the reader that more cases of multi-drug resistant Tb are arising which require surgical treatment, but that even these patients should get complete medical therapy as well.

Sources for further reading
Textbook Chapters
Chapter 20: Lung Infections and Diffuse Interstitial Lung Disease. Surgery of the Chest (Sabiston and Spencer), 5th ed., 622-44.
Chapter 22: Surgical Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Surgery of the Chest (Sabiston and Spencer), 5th ed., 690-707.

Chapters 17 and 18: Thoracic Infections Caused by Actinomycetes, Fungi, Opportunistic Organisms, and Echinococcus; Surgical Treatment of Tuberculosis and Other Pulmonary Mycobacterial Infections. Glenn's Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (Baue, Geha, Hammond, Laks, and Naunheim), 6th ed., 303-30.

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