[Pulmonary non invasive infection by Scedosporium apiospermum]

Rev Chilena Infectol. 2015 Aug;32(4):472-5. doi: 10.4067/S0716-10182015000500018.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We reported a case of non-invasive pulmonary infection by Scedosporium apiospermum in 67 years old female with bronchiectasis and caverns secondary to tuberculosis. Diagnosis was made with lung CT and bronchial lavage cultures. The patient was initially treated with itraconazole for six weeks without success and then voriconazole for 16 weeks, with good clinical response.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / microbiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / drug therapy
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / microbiology*
  • Scedosporium / growth & development
  • Scedosporium / isolation & purification*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Triazoles / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Triazoles