Pulmonary nodules caused by Schizophyllum commune after cardiac transplantation.
The incidence of pulmonary nodules after cardiac transplantation is not uncommon, and prompt diagnostic procedures are necessary to minimize disease-related morbidity and mortality. We report a 56-year-old woman who was found to have bilateral pulmonary nodules four months after cardiac transplantation. The microorganism was identified with a molecular diagnostic method as Schizophyllum commune, which had not been reported in English literature as a pathogen inducing pulmonary nodules after transplantation. She remained asymptomatic during the therapeutic period and the pulmonary nodules resolved six months later.
Roan
Jun-Neng
JN
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Cheng-Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
Hsieh
Hsin-Yi
HY
Tsai
Hung-Wen
HW
Wu
Chi-Jung
CJ
Hsu
Chih-Hsin
CH
Wu
Shien-Yin
SY
Yang
Yu-Jen
YJ
Chang
Tsung-Chain
TC
D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012567:Schizophyllum / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D015725:Fluconazole