Ann Lab Med.  2021 Jan;41(1):120-122. 10.3343/alm.2021.41.1.120.

A Case of Localized Fungal Pneumonia Caused by Rhodotorula mucilaginosa in an Immunocompetent Patient

• Kim H
• Byeon Sj
• Kim CH
• Bae YA
• Lee H
• Kim HS

• KMID: 2512742
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2021.41.1.120

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  Fig. 1 Radiologic, histopathological, and PCR findings regarding Rhodotorula pneumonia for the case presented. (A) Chest CT scan shows a nodular lesion (arrow) in the left lower lobe. (B) The lung biopsy section shows scattered, brown, oval, yeast spores (arrows) and chronic granulomatous inflammation (Hematoxylin-eosin stain, ×400). (C) Capillary electrophoresis of PCR products shows no amplicon for the fungal ITS1 region (lanes A1 and A3) and distinct amplicons for the fungal D1/D2 region of the large subunit rRNA (lanes A2 and A4). Abbreviations: CT, computed tomography; rRNA, ribosomal RNA; ITS1, internal transcribed spacer 1.

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