Emerging Aspergillus lentulus infections in India

Jaweed Ahmed; Gagandeep Singh; Immaculata Xess; Mragnayani Pandey; Anant Mohan; Janya Sachdev; Prashant Mani; Bhaskar Rana

doi:10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.10.011

Emerging Aspergillus lentulus infections in India

Indian J Med Microbiol. 2022 Jan-Mar;40(1):160-162. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.10.011. Epub 2021 Nov 15.

Authors

Jaweed Ahmed¹, Gagandeep Singh², Immaculata Xess¹, Mragnayani Pandey¹, Anant Mohan³, Janya Sachdev¹, Prashant Mani¹, Bhaskar Rana¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
² Department of Microbiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India. Electronic address: drgagandeep@gmail.com.
³ Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110029, India.

PMID: 34789390
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.10.011

Abstract

Here we report first two cases of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus lentulus from India, in non-neutropenic, critically ill patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Keywords: Aspergillus lentulus; Beta tubulin gene; Invasive aspergillosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
Aspergillosis* / complications
Aspergillosis* / diagnosis
Aspergillosis* / drug therapy
Aspergillus
Humans
Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis* / diagnosis
Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis* / drug therapy

Substances

Antifungal Agents

Supplementary concepts

Aspergillus lentulus