Dactylaria gallopava infection presenting as a pulmonary nodule in a single-lung transplant recipient.
We describe the first case of a pulmonary nodule caused by Dactylaria gallopava in a lung-transplant recipient. An asymptomatic lung-allograft recipient was found to have a 2-cm nodule in the native lung 450 days after transplantation. Culture of a transthoracic needle biopsy of the solitary pulmonary nodule revealed Dactylaria gallopava. Treatment was initiated with amphotericin B for a period of 21 days followed by oral itraconazole for an 8-month period.
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Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, London Health Sciences Center-University Campus, London, Ontario, Canada.
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D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B