Micoses pulmonares

Abstract

The pulmonary mycosis are very important although less frequent than the bacterial infections. They are responsible for serious pulmonary diseases with the risk of respiratory insufficiency and dead. They are not treated with the large spectrum antibiotics commonly used in community pulmonary infections. The ethiological agents (Histoplasma capsulatum, Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, Cryptococcus neoformans, Coccidioides immitis, Blastomyces dermatitidis, Aspergillus spp., Candida spp., Mucorales and Pneumocystis carinii), diagnosis and treatment are the proposal of this article.