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A Rare Fungal Infiltration of Lungs in a Healthy Young Girl

Author(s) -

Rajesh Gupta,

Nidhi Goel,

Anupama Gupta,

K. B. Gupta,

Uma Chaudhary,

Sushma Sood

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

case reports in pulmonology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6846

pISSN - 2090-6854

DOI - 10.1155/2011/917089

Subject(s) - infiltration (hvac) , immune system , rare disease , medicine , disease , girl , antibiotics , opportunistic pathogen , bronchoscopy , broad spectrum , organism , dermatology , pathology , immunology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , pseudomonas aeruginosa , bacteria , paleontology , chemistry , physics , genetics , combinatorial chemistry , thermodynamics

Cunninghamella bertholletiae is an opportunistic fungal organism found in soil and is a rare cause of human disease. The few reported cases of C. bertholletiae have involved immune compromised hosts. We report a case of C. bertholletiae in an otherwise healthy patient presenting with persistent high-grade fever and pulmonary infiltration resistant to antibiotics. The organism is isolated through bronchoscopy and responded to broad spectrum antifungal. This is the first case of C. bertholletiae reported in the literature in an immune competent individual.

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