Fakharian Atefeh, Dorudinia Atosa, Alavi Darazam Ilad, Mansouri Davood, Masjedi Mohammad Reza
Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Tracheal Diseases Research Center, NRITLD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Tanaffos. 2015;14(2):156-60.
Acremonium spp. cause human superficial infections including mycetoma, onychomycosis and keratitis. There are a few reports of systemic involvement in immunocompromised patients. However, isolated pulmonary infection in otherwise healthy hosts has never been reported in the literature. Herein, we report a 59 year-old diabetic man with non-resolving pneumonia due to Acremonium spp. and provide a consensus review of the published clinical cases of systemic and respiratory tract infections.
枝顶孢属真菌可引起人类浅表感染,包括足菌肿、甲癣和角膜炎。有少数关于免疫功能低下患者发生全身感染的报道。然而,文献中从未报道过在其他方面健康的宿主中发生孤立性肺部感染。在此,我们报告一例59岁的糖尿病男性因枝顶孢属真菌导致的迁延不愈的肺炎,并对已发表的全身和呼吸道感染临床病例进行综述。