Green herring syndrome: bacterial infection in patients with mucormycosis cavitary lung disease.
Mucormycosis is a life-threatening fungal disease in patients with hematological malignancies. The diagnosis of pulmonary mucormycosis is particularly challenging. We describe 3 mucormycosis cases with an uncommon presentation in patients whose cavitary lung disease was attributed to well documented bacterial infection, although evolution and reassessment established mucormycosis as the underlying disease.
Divisions of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine.
Driele
D
Peixoto
Divisions of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine ; Department of Medical Oncology , Dana-Farber Cancer Institute , Boston, Massachusetts ; Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts.
Sarah P
SP
Hammond
Divisions of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine ; Department of Medical Oncology , Dana-Farber Cancer Institute , Boston, Massachusetts ; Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts.
Nicolas C
NC
Issa
Departments of Radiology ; Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts.
Rachna
R
Madan
Departments of Radiology ; Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts.
Ritu R
RR
Gill
Pathology , Brigham and Women's Hospital , Boston, Massachusetts ; Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts.
Danny A
DA
Milner
Thoracic Surgery ; Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts.
Yolonda L
YL
Colson
Divisions of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine ; Department of Medical Oncology , Dana-Farber Cancer Institute , Boston, Massachusetts ; Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts.
Sophia
S
Koo
Divisions of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine ; Department of Medical Oncology , Dana-Farber Cancer Institute , Boston, Massachusetts ; Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts.
Lindsey R
LR
Baden
Divisions of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine ; Department of Medical Oncology , Dana-Farber Cancer Institute , Boston, Massachusetts ; Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts.
Francisco M
FM
Marty
bacterial coinfection; cavitary lung disease; mucormycosis; transplantation