Recurrent Hemoptysis withPenicillium MarneffeiandStenotrophomonas Maltophiliain Job’s Syndrome
Author(s) -
Bosco HM,
Calvin S.H. Ng,
Rebecca K.Y. Lam,
Song Wan,
Innes YP Wan,
Tak Wai Lee,
Anthony P.C. Yim
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
canadian respiratory journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.675
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1916-7245
pISSN - 1198-2241
DOI - 10.1155/2009/586919
Subject(s) - penicillium marneffei , medicine , stenotrophomonas maltophilia , pneumonia , stenotrophomonas , microbiology and biotechnology , intensive care medicine , immunology , coinfection , pseudomonas aeruginosa , pseudomonas , bacteria , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , biology , genetics
Pulmonary infection caused by the opportunistic organisms Penicillium marneffei and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in patients with Job's syndrome is rare and not well documented. The case of a 30-year-old man with Job's syndrome who developed recurrent pneumonia and lung abscesses caused by P. marneffei and S. maltophilia, complicated by massive hemoptysis, is described. Bronchial artery embolization was successful in controlling the hemoptysis; however, the infection proved fatal despite appropriate antimicrobial therapy. A brief review of the literature on Job's syndrome and its associated infective pulmonary manifestations is also presented.
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