Open AccessBasidiobolus: An unusual cause of lung abscess
Author(s) -
Ravindran Chetambath,
Moinak Sen Sarma,
K P Suraj,
E K Jyothi,
Safreena Mohammed,
Beena Philomina,
S Ramadevi
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.63613
Subject(s) - medicine , lung abscess , abscess , lung , pneumonia , etiology , lung infection , surgery , pathology
Non-resolving pneumonia leading to lung abscess is always a challenge to the treating physician especially in a diabetic patient. Atypical radiological features of lung abscess should raise the suspicion of unusual organisms. This is a case report of a 42 year old diabetic male presented with features suggestive of lung abscess and multiple target organ damage. Subsequent work up revealed that the etiological agent is a rare fungus - Basidiobolus. To the best of our knowledge this is the first case of Basidiobolus lung abscess reported from India.