Allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis due to co-infection with Aspergillus fumigatus and Schizophyllum commune

Masafumi Seki; Hideaki Ohno; Kazuyoshi Gotoh; Daisuke Motooka; Shota Nakamura; Tetsuya Iida; Yoshitsugu Miyazaki; Kazunori Tomono

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2014.01.001

Allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis due to co-infection with Aspergillus fumigatus and Schizophyllum commune

IDCases. 2014 Jan 24;1(1):5-8. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2014.01.001. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Masafumi Seki¹, Hideaki Ohno², Kazuyoshi Gotoh³, Daisuke Motooka³, Shota Nakamura³, Tetsuya Iida³, Yoshitsugu Miyazaki², Kazunori Tomono¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infection Control and Prevention, Osaka University Hospital, Japan.
² Department of Chemotherapy and Mycoses, National Institute of Health, Toyama, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Department of Infection Metagenomics, Genome Information Research Center, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita City, Osaka, Japan.

Abstract

A 61-year-old female presented with eosinophilic pneumonia accompanied by bronchial asthma. She was finally diagnosed with allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis (ABPM) due to co-infection with Aspergillus fumigatus and Schizophyllum commune detected by genetic analysis of the plug and from cultures.

Keywords: Allergic broncho-pulmonary mycosis (ABPM); Aspergillus fumigatus; Bronchial asthma; Eosinophilic pneumonia; Next-generation sequencer; Schizophyllum commune.

Publication types

Case Reports