Rasamsonia argillacea pulmonary and aortic graft infection in an immune-competent patient

Jeffrey B Doyon; Deanna A Sutton; Pierre Theodore; Gurmohan Dhillon; Kirk D Jones; Elizabeth H Thompson; Jianmin Fu; Brian L Wickes; Jane E Koehler; Brian S Schwartz

doi:10.1128/JCM.02884-12

Rasamsonia argillacea pulmonary and aortic graft infection in an immune-competent patient

J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Feb;51(2):719-22. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02884-12. Epub 2012 Dec 12.

Authors

Jeffrey B Doyon¹, Deanna A Sutton, Pierre Theodore, Gurmohan Dhillon, Kirk D Jones, Elizabeth H Thompson, Jianmin Fu, Brian L Wickes, Jane E Koehler, Brian S Schwartz

Affiliation

¹ Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.

Abstract

Rasamsonia argillacea (formerly known as Geosmithia argillacea) is a fungus recently recognized as a pathogen of immunocompromised patients. Here we report the first case of Rasamsonia infection in an immunocompetent host, presenting as a pulmonary and aortic graft infection. Its morphological similarity to nonpathogenic Penicillium species delayed the diagnosis and initiation of appropriate treatment.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aortitis / diagnosis
Aortitis / microbiology*
Bronchiectasis / microbiology
Bronchiectasis / pathology
Eurotiales* / classification
Eurotiales* / cytology
Eurotiales* / genetics
Genes, Bacterial
Humans
Immunocompromised Host*
Lung Diseases, Fungal / diagnosis
Lung Diseases, Fungal / microbiology*
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Sequence Data
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Associated data

GENBANK/JX514398
GENBANK/JX514399
GENBANK/JX514400
GENBANK/JX514401