Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Joan C Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, United States; Corresponding authors.
Mena Shehata
Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Joan C Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, United States
Melinda Diane Becker
Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Joan C Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, United States
Saroj Sigdel
Department of Pathology, Joan C Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, United States
Peimei He
Department of Infectious Dieases, Joan C Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, United States
Yousef R. Shweihat
Department of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Joan C Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, United States; Corresponding authors.
Paecilomyces species was first recognized to cause human disease in 1963. It is a rare cause of invasive fungal infection, with cases sporadically reported in immunocompromised patients. Here we report the first case of pulmonary Paecilomyces in an immunocompetent patient that was successfully treated with amphotericin B and posaconazole.
