Multifocal Rhizopus microsporus lung infection following brush clearing

Artsiom V Tsyrkunou; Richard T Ellison 3rd; Ali Akalin; Nathan Wiederhold; Deanna A Sutton; Jonathan Lindner; Hongxin Fan; Stuart M Levitz; Iva Zivna

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.08.001

Multifocal Rhizopus microsporus lung infection following brush clearing

Med Mycol Case Rep. 2014 Aug 8:6:14-7. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.08.001. eCollection 2014 Oct.

Authors

Artsiom V Tsyrkunou¹, Richard T Ellison 3rd², Ali Akalin³, Nathan Wiederhold⁴, Deanna A Sutton⁴, Jonathan Lindner⁴, Hongxin Fan⁴, Stuart M Levitz⁵, Iva Zivna²

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Disease and Immunology Department, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
² UMass Memorial Medical Center - Memorial Campus, 119 Belmont Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
³ Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
⁴ Fungus Testing Laboratory, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
⁵ University of Massachusetts Medical School, 364 Plantation Street, LRB 317, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.

Abstract

We report a case of pulmonary Rhizopus microsporus infection in a patient with untreated diabetes following brush clearing. The patient was successfully treated with a combined medical and surgical approach with complete resolution of the lung lesions and remains asymptomatic at 11-month follow-up.

Keywords: Environmental exposure; Molecular diagnostics; Multifocal pneumonia; Rhizopus microsporus.