Cladophialophora bantiana isolated from an AIDS patient with pulmonary infiltrates.
Cladophialophora bantiana causes a rare phaeohyphomycosis, usually manifested by brain abscesses but rarely by skin or pulmonary lesions. It has not been reported as a common colonizer or as a cause of pulmonary symptoms in patients with AIDS. We present a case in which C. bantiana was repeatedly isolated from the sputum of a patient with AIDS having pulmonary infiltrates.
Brenner
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Division of Infectious Disease, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Morgan
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Rickert
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Rimland
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D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002444:Cefuroxime / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002963:Cladosporium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019818:Clavulanic Acid; D002969:Clavulanic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D015658:HIV Infections; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*; D013982:Ticarcillin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D002969:Clavulanic Acids; D019818:Clavulanic Acid; D013982:Ticarcillin; D002444:Cefuroxime