title: Pulmonary Schizophyllum commune infection developing mucoid impaction of the bronchi.
abstract: A 54-year-old woman was admitted for cough, sputum, and an abnormal chest X-ray shadow. Bronchoscopy showed mucoid impaction of the bronchi (MIB). Histopathologic evidence of mucous plugs was consistent with one component of allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis. Schizophyllum commune (S. commune) was identified. Two attempts at removal of the mucous plugs were unsuccessful. Itraconazole was then administered, and the mucous plugs disappeared. There are few reports of MIB due to S. commune; we herein report a case of MIB due to S. commune infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, 1696 Itai Kumagaya City, Saitama, Japan. ishiguro@med3.m.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishiguro
authors.forename: Noboru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takayanagi
authors.forename: Daidou
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tokunaga
authors.forename: Kazuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurashima
authors.forename: Aya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: Keiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harasawa
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoneda
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: Shozaburo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Yousuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyahara
authors.forename: Ryozo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: Hiroo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Mikio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ubukata
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yanagisawa
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugita
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawabata
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009093:Mucus; D012567:Schizophyllum / Q000302:isolation & purification*