Exophiala dermatitidis infection in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis.
A 54-year-old female presented with an exacerbation of right middle lobe bronchiectasis. A bronchoscopic bronchial washing and repeated trials of sputum culture consistently recovered no other infectious agent except Exophiala dermatitidis. Her illness was improved by administrations of intravenous miconazole and nebulized amphotericin B when sputum cultures yielded no fungi, demonstrating a pathogenic role of the fungi. The present case illustrates E. dermatitidis as a pathogenic agent in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis.
Mukaino
Tatsuya
T
First Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahimachi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan.
Koga
Takeharu
T
Oshita
Yuichi
Y
Narita
Yuko
Y
Obata
Susumu
S
Aizawa
Hisamichi
H
D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005093:Exophiala; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology
D000935:Antifungal Agents