A case of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus necrotizing pneumonia with pulmonary cryptococcosis

J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2021 Aug;54(4):760-762. doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2020.12.003. Epub 2021 Jan 13.

Abstract

A 37-year-old healthy man was transferred to the emergency department of this hospital because of fever and hemoptysis. A radiograph of the chest revealed a cavitary lesion in the right upper lobe. Computed tomography of the chest showed necrotizing cavitary pneumonia. Urgent throacoscopic lobectomy was performed. Sputum and intraoperative pleural pus grew methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The pathological examination reportedly revealed cryptococcal infection. He had a full recovery after intravenous linezolid treatment.

Keywords: Cryptococcus; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); Necrotizing pneumonia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Community-Acquired Infections
  • Cryptococcosis / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / pathogenicity*
  • Pneumonia, Necrotizing / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pneumonia, Necrotizing / drug therapy
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / drug therapy
  • Sputum / microbiology
  • Thorax / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents