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JMM Case Reports

Volume 2, Issue 3

: a fungal pathogen causing pneumonia in a patient with cystic fibrosis Open Access

Abstract

Introduction:

is a slow-growing pathogenic fungus that can cause pneumonia. Diagnosis of this rare filamentous fungus is challenging. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case describing an acute pulmonary infection caused by this fungal pathogen in a patient with cystic fibrosis (CF).

Case presentation:

A 35-year-old female with CF, with a 1-month history of irritating cough, increased sputum production and dyspnoea, was admitted to hospital. A chest computed tomography scan revealed new bilateral infiltrations, mediastinal lymphadenopathy and bronchiectasis. and were detected in the bronchoalveolar lavage. The patient's clinical status was not improved by standard antibiotic therapy. Antifungal systemic therapy consisting of systemic caspofungin and oral posaconazole against the highly suspected scedosporiosis was initiated, but the clinical outcome was not significantly improved. Antibodies against the complex were present in the patient's serum. Only after the addition of 50 mg once a day of inhaled liposomal amphotericin B the patient was successfully treated.

Conclusion:

The patient was cured by a combined therapy of two systemic antimycotic drugs and one local antimycotic drug.

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Keyword(s): Cystic fibrosis , pneumonia and Scedosporium apiospermum
© 2015 The Authors
  • This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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