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Fungal pneumonia is an infection of the lungs by fungi. It can be caused by either endemic or opportunistic fungi or a combination of both. Case mortality in fungal pneumonias can be as high as 90% in immunocompromised patients, though immunocompetent patients generally respond well to anti-fungal therapy. ==Causes== Specific instances of fungal infections that can manifest with pulmonary involvement include: *histoplasmosis, which has primary pulmonary lesions and hematogenous dissemination *coccidioidomycosis, which begins with an often self-limited respiratory infection (also called "Valley fever" or "San Joaquin fever") *pulmonary blastomycosis *pneumocystis pneumonia, which typically occurs in immunocompromised people, especially AIDS *sporotrichosis — primarily a lymphocutaneous disease, but can involve the lungs as well *cryptococcosis — contracted through inhalation of soil contaminated with the yeast, it can manifest as a pulmonary infection and as a disseminated one *aspergillosis, resulting in invasive pulmonary aspergillosis *rarely, candidiasis has pulmonary manifestations in immunocompromised patients. * Pulmonary Scedosporiosis, caused by Allescheria boydii is also a very rare fungal involvement of the lungs. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fungal pneumonia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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