J Mycol Infect.
2020 Dec;25(4):71-75. 10.17966/JMI.2020.25.4.71.
Pneumonia with Empyema Caused by Cladosporium velox in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Affiliations
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- 1Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- 2Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic Blood and Marrow Transplantation Center, Vaccine Bio Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
- 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- KMID: 2511725
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.17966/JMI.2020.25.4.71
Abstract
- No cases of human infections caused by Cladosporium velox have been reported. A 69-year-old female patient with rheumatoid arthritis developed pneumonia with empyema. The fungal cultures of pleural fluid were obtained. Cladosporium was grown from the pleural fluid. C. velox was identified by internal transcribed spacer sequencing. The pathologic results of biopsied lung tissue indicated the presence of fungal hyphae. C. velox can cause clinical infection in an immunocompromised setting.
