Multifocal Rhizopus microsporus lung infection following brush clearing.
We report a case of pulmonary Rhizopus microsporus infection in a patient with untreated diabetes following brush clearing. The patient was successfully treated with a combined medical and surgical approach with complete resolution of the lung lesions and remains asymptomatic at 11-month follow-up.
Infectious Disease and Immunology Department, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
Artsiom V
AV
Tsyrkunou
UMass Memorial Medical Center - Memorial Campus, 119 Belmont Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Richard T
RT
Ellison
Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
Ali
A
Akalin
Fungus Testing Laboratory, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
Nathan
N
Wiederhold
Fungus Testing Laboratory, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
Deanna A
DA
Sutton
Fungus Testing Laboratory, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
Jonathan
J
Lindner
Fungus Testing Laboratory, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
Hongxin
H
Fan
University of Massachusetts Medical School, 364 Plantation Street, LRB 317, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Stuart M
SM
Levitz
UMass Memorial Medical Center - Memorial Campus, 119 Belmont Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Iva
I
Zivna
Environmental exposure; Molecular diagnostics; Multifocal pneumonia; Rhizopus microsporus