Successful treatment of Ochroconis gallopavum infection in an immunocompetent host.
Ochroconis gallopavum, a dematiaceous fungus, is a rare cause disease in immunocompromised patients and epidemic encephalitis in poultry. We report the first case of active O. gallopavum pulmonary infection in an immunocompetent host with rapid and complete response to oral antifungal therapy.
Hollingsworth
J W
JW
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3136, Durham, NC 27710, USA. holli017@mc.duke.edu
Shofer
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Zaas
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D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic
D000935:Antifungal Agents