Dactylaria infection of a human being: pulmonary disease in a heart transplant recipient.
We describe a case of pulmonary abscess caused by Dactylaria constricta in a heart transplant recipient. A 30-year-old man with a 1-month history of fever and cough was found by computed tomographic scan to have a cavitary lesion in the lingular segment in the upper lobe of his left lung. Culture of a needle biopsy specimen yielded a pure culture of D. constricta. The patient was successfully treated with systemic amphotericin B therapy, which resulted in resolution of the clinical symptoms and of the cavitary lesion.
Mancini
M C
MC
Department of Surgery, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo.
McGinnis
M R
MR
D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology
D000666:Amphotericin B