Basidiobolus: An unusual cause of lung abscess.
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.
Chetambath
Ravindran
R
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Medical College, Caicut, Kerala, India.
Deepa Sarma
M S
MS
Suraj
K P
KP
Jyothi
E
E
Mohammed
Safreena
S
Philomina
Beena J
BJ
Ramadevi
S
S