|Articles|February 22, 2012

Case 10, Answer 8d

Try again. Fungal cultures are difficult to do and pose a potential zoonotic risk, so they are of limited use when evaluating response to therapy. Fungal cultures would also require obtaining samples of respiratory cells or secretions, which would involve bronchoscopy.

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