title: Basidiobolus: An unusual cause of lung abscess.
abstract: Non-resolving pneumonia leading to lung abscess is always a challenge to the treating physician especially in a diabetic patient. Atypical radiological features of lung abscess should raise the suspicion of unusual organisms. This is a case report of a 42 year old diabetic male presented with features suggestive of lung abscess and multiple target organ damage. Subsequent work up revealed that the etiological agent is a rare fungus - Basidiobolus. To the best of our knowledge this is the first case of Basidiobolus lung abscess reported from India.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Medical College, Caicut, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Ravindran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chetambath
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Deepa Sarma
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Suraj
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jyothi
authors.forename: Safreena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mohammed
authors.forename: Beena J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Philomina
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramadevi