Successful treatment of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus felis, a cryptic species within the Aspergillus section Fumigati: A case report.
J Infect Chemother
; 25(4): 307-310, 2019 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
Aspergillus species are a major cause of life-threatening infections in immunocompromised hosts, and the most common pathogen of invasive aspergillosis is Aspergillus fumigatus. Recently, the development of molecular identification has revealed cryptic Aspergillus species, and A. felis is one such species within the Aspergillus section Fumigati reported in 2013. We describe a case of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis caused by A. felis in a 41-year-old Japanese woman diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome. She presented with fever 19 days after undergoing autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation and was clinically diagnosed with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. Bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage were performed for definitive diagnosis. The ß-tubulin genes of the mold isolated from the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, and sequenced directly from the PCR products using a primer pair were found to have 100% homology with A. felis. We successfully treated the patient with echinocandin following careful susceptibility testing. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first published case reporting the clinical course for diagnosis and successful treatment of invasive aspergillosis by A. felis.
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Assunto principal:
Aspergillus fumigatus
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Hospedeiro Imunocomprometido
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Aspergilose Pulmonar Invasiva
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Antifúngicos
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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En
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J Infect Chemother
Ano de publicação:
2019
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Article