Pseudomembranous tracheobronchitis caused by Rhizopus sp. After allogeneic stem cell transplantation

J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2014 Apr;21(2):166-9. doi: 10.1097/LBR.0000000000000058.

Abstract

Invasive fungal infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients. They can occasionally involve the tracheobronchial tree with serious clinical consequences. Tracheobronchial involvement is often an unexpected finding during diagnostic bronchoscopy. Herein, we report a case of pseudomembranous tracheobronchitis caused by Rhizopus sp. in an allogeneic stem cell transplant recipient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy
  • Bronchitis / immunology
  • Bronchitis / microbiology*
  • Bronchitis / pathology
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Graft vs Host Disease / complications
  • Graft vs Host Disease / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mucormycosis / drug therapy
  • Mucormycosis / immunology*
  • Mucormycosis / pathology
  • Nausea / etiology
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / microbiology
  • Rhizopus / isolation & purification
  • Stem Cell Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Tracheitis / immunology
  • Tracheitis / microbiology*
  • Tracheitis / pathology
  • Transplantation, Homologous

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Amphotericin B