Misidentification of Neosartorya pseudofischeri as Aspergillus fumigatus in a lung transplant patient.
We present a case of disseminated Neosartorya pseudofischeri infection in a bilateral lung transplant patient with cystic fibrosis. The organism was originally misidentified from respiratory specimens as Aspergillus fumigatus using colonial and microscopic morphology. DNA sequencing subsequently identified the organism correctly as N. pseudofischeri.
Division of Clinical Microbiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Reeti
R
Khare
Division of Anatomic Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Sounak
S
Gupta
Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Sana
S
Arif
Division of Anatomic Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Mark E
ME
Jentoft
William J. von Liebig Center for Transplantation and Clinical Regeneration, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Paul J
PJ
Deziel
Division of Anatomic Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Anja C
AC
Roden
Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA William J. von Liebig Center for Transplantation and Clinical Regeneration, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Mark P
MP
Wilhelm
Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA William J. von Liebig Center for Transplantation and Clinical Regeneration, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Raymund R
RR
Razonable
Division of Clinical Microbiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA wengenack.nancy@mayo.edu.
Nancy L
NL
Wengenack
D000328:Adult; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology*; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D008853:Microscopy; D055326:Neosartorya / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D066027:Transplant Recipients