title: First reported Australian case of Cladophilophora arxii: features consistent with possible primary pulmonary chromoblastomycosis.
abstract: We describe the first case of possible pulmonary chromoblastomycosis in the absence of any identified cutaneous lesions in a relatively immunosuppressed man. The causative organism was Cladophialophora arxii, which is a rare pathogen that has only been described as causing human disease two times previously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; National Mycology Reference Centre, SA Pathology at Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia anna.brischetto@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brischetto
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; National Mycology Reference Centre, SA Pathology at Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kidd
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; National Mycology Reference Centre, SA Pathology at Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baird
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001315:Australia; D002862:Chromoblastomycosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D013906:Thoracoscopy
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D015725:Fluconazole