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Abstract
Diagnostic Imaging
A case of saprophytic pulmonary mucormycosis with Mycobacterium kansasii pulmonary disease
Hiroaki Ogata Tomotoshi Imanaga Masahiro Tahara Atsushi Moriwaki
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Steel Memorial Yawata Hospital
ABSTRACT
An 83-year-old male had been treated for Mycobacterium kansasii pulmonary infection with isoniazid, rifampicin and ethambutol. Although Mycobacterium sp. had never been detected in several sputa in the course of a 19-month treatment, a chest computed tomography (CT) showed cavity wall thickening in the right upper lobe. Cunninghamella bertholletiae was identified in both sputum and bronchoscopic specimens, and consequently we diagnosed pulmonary mucormycosis. He has undergone no antifungal treatments for more than a year; nevertheless, the chest CT findings remained almost the same. This is the first case report of saprophytic pulmonary mucormycosis by C. bertholletiae. Radiological findings of saprophytic pulmonary mucormycosis are very similar to those of aspergillosis, so we should try to detect the etiologic agent when we diagnose them.
KEYWORDS
Mycobacterium kansasii Cunninghamella bertholletiae Saprophytic pulmonary mucormycosis Pulmonary aspergillosis
Received 18 Dec 2015 ／ Accepted 17 Feb 2016
AJRS, 5(3): 154-157, 2016
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