Common fungal pathogens in lung transplantation and their usual clinical manifestations

Pathogen	Usual clinical manifestation
Aspergillus spp	Airway colonization
	Tracheobronchitis
	Pulmonary disease
Blastomycosis	Pulmonary disease
Blastomycosis	Disseminated disease
Candida spp	Candidemia
Coccidioidomycosis	Pulmonary disease
Coccidioidomycosis	Disseminated disease
Cryptococcus neoformans	Pulmonary disease
	Meninigitis
	Cellulitis
Dematiaceous molds*	Skin and soft tissue infection
Dematiaceous molds*	Brain abscess
Fusarium spp	Skin and soft tissue infection
Histoplasmosis	Fever of unknown origin
	Pulmonary disease
	Disseminated disease
Scedosporium spp	Pulmonary disease
Scedosporium spp	Disseminated disease
Zygomycetes	Pulmonary disease
	Rhinocerebral infection
	Disseminated disease

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* Exophiala, Alternaria, Curvularia, Dactylaria, Cladophialophora, and others.

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