Aspergillus bronchitis causing atelectasis and acute respiratory failure in an immunocompromised patient

Infection. 2001 Aug;29(4):243-4. doi: 10.1007/s15010-001-1148-0.

Abstract

Aspergillus tracheobronchitis is an uncommon clinical form of invasive aspergillosis with fungal infection limited entirely or predominantly to the tracheobronchial tree. We report a case of Aspergillus fumigatus bronchitis, diagnosed by fiberoptic bronchoscopy, with fungal growth completely occluding the left main bronchus leading to lung collapse and acute respiratory failure in a 60-year-old male with erythroleukemia and profound granulocytopenia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aspergillosis / complications*
  • Aspergillus fumigatus / isolation & purification*
  • Bronchitis / complications*
  • Bronchitis / microbiology
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Atelectasis / complications*
  • Pulmonary Atelectasis / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Atelectasis / microbiology*
  • Pulmonary Atelectasis / therapy
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / diagnosis
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / microbiology*
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / therapy