Cytomegalovirus pneumonia in a patient with interstitial pneumonia and Nocardia asiatica presenting as cavitary lung lesions

Intern Med. 2013;52(5):593-7. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.52.8627. Epub 2013 Mar 1.

Abstract

A 66-year-old man who suffered from an acute exacerbation of interstitial pneumonia developed a cavitary lesion after taking immunosuppressive drugs. He was diagnosed with cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonia. CMV was not thought to be the underlying cause of the cavitary lung lesions, as only six cases have been described thus far. However, this case clearly demonstrates that the development of cavitary lung lesions can be caused by CMV. Following CMV pneumonia, cavitary lesions again occurred in the patient's lungs that were thought to be the first case of cavitary lesions caused by Nocardia asiatica infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / complications
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / microbiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung / microbiology
  • Lung / virology
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / diagnosis*
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / microbiology
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / virology
  • Male
  • Nocardia / isolation & purification*
  • Nocardia Infections / complications
  • Nocardia Infections / diagnosis*
  • Nocardia Infections / virology
  • Radiography