Pulmonary nodules caused by Schizophyllum commune after cardiac transplantation

J Infect. 2009 Feb;58(2):164-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2008.11.012. Epub 2008 Dec 18.

Abstract

The incidence of pulmonary nodules after cardiac transplantation is not uncommon, and prompt diagnostic procedures are necessary to minimize disease-related morbidity and mortality. We report a 56-year-old woman who was found to have bilateral pulmonary nodules four months after cardiac transplantation. The microorganism was identified with a molecular diagnostic method as Schizophyllum commune, which had not been reported in English literature as a pathogen inducing pulmonary nodules after transplantation. She remained asymptomatic during the therapeutic period and the pulmonary nodules resolved six months later.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • DNA, Fungal / chemistry
  • DNA, Fungal / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics
  • Female
  • Fluconazole / therapeutic use
  • Heart Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycoses / diagnosis*
  • Mycoses / drug therapy
  • Mycoses / microbiology
  • Pneumonia / microbiology*
  • Pneumonia / pathology
  • Schizophyllum / classification
  • Schizophyllum / genetics
  • Schizophyllum / isolation & purification*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • DNA, Fungal
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
  • Fluconazole