Allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis due to co-infection with Aspergillus fumigatus and Schizophyllum commune
Masafumi Seki,
Hideaki Ohno,
Kazuyoshi Gotoh,
Daisuke Motooka,
Shota Nakamura,
Tetsuya Iida,
Yoshitsugu Miyazaki,
Kazunori Tomono
Affiliations
Masafumi Seki
Division of Infection Control and Prevention, Osaka University Hospital, Japan
Hideaki Ohno
Department of Chemotherapy and Mycoses, National Institute of Health, Toyama, Tokyo, Japan
Kazuyoshi Gotoh
Department of Infection Metagenomics, Genome Information Research Center, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita City, Osaka, Japan
Daisuke Motooka
Department of Infection Metagenomics, Genome Information Research Center, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita City, Osaka, Japan
Shota Nakamura
Department of Infection Metagenomics, Genome Information Research Center, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita City, Osaka, Japan
Tetsuya Iida
Department of Infection Metagenomics, Genome Information Research Center, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita City, Osaka, Japan
Yoshitsugu Miyazaki
Department of Chemotherapy and Mycoses, National Institute of Health, Toyama, Tokyo, Japan
Kazunori Tomono
Division of Infection Control and Prevention, Osaka University Hospital, Japan
A 61-year-old female presented with eosinophilic pneumonia accompanied by bronchial asthma. She was finally diagnosed with allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis (ABPM) due to co-infection with Aspergillus fumigatus and Schizophyllum commune detected by genetic analysis of the plug and from cultures.
