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fungal pneumonia

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fungal pneumonia,
pneumonia caused by inhaled fungi, usually Blastomyces dermatitidis, Coccidioides immitis, or Histoplasma capsulatum. Numerous other fungi, such as Aspergillus and Candida, infect immunocompromised patients. See also blastomycosis, histoplasmosis.


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He needed a bone marrow transplant to have any chance of surviving, but after a series of complications he contracted fungal pneumonia and doctors decided he was too frail to have the life-saving operation.
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