title: Corticosteroid monotherapy in a case of bronchocentric granulomatosis with a two-year follow-up.
abstract: Bronchocentric granulomatosis (BCG) is a rare disease. Because of the possibility of fungal infection, BCG has usually been treated with corticosteroids and antifungal agent. However, fungi are not detected in all BCG tissues. We report a case of proven BCG by open lung biopsy without fungi in a woman with corticosteroids monotherapy and two-year follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hainan Branch of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Sanya 572000, China; ; State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases,Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China.
authors.forename: Huiling
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jianxing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Yingying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Nanshan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhong
keywords: Bronchocentric granulomatosis (BCG); allergic disease; corticosteroids; fungal infection; open lung biopsy