A case of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus necrotizing pneumonia with pulmonary cryptococcosis

Jiunn-Sheng Wu; Ming-Yieh Peng; Chan-Yen Kuo; Jiann-Der Wu

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection (Aug 2021)

A case of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus necrotizing pneumonia with pulmonary cryptococcosis

Jiunn-Sheng Wu,
Ming-Yieh Peng,
Chan-Yen Kuo,
Jiann-Der Wu

Affiliations

Jiunn-Sheng Wu: Corresponding author.; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Ming-Yieh Peng: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Chan-Yen Kuo: Department of Research, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Jiann-Der Wu: Department of Pathology, Chia Yi Christian Hospital, Chia Yi City, Taiwan

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 54, no. 4
pp. 760 – 762

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A 37-year-old healthy man was transferred to the emergency department of this hospital because of fever and hemoptysis. A radiograph of the chest revealed a cavitary lesion in the right upper lobe. Computed tomography of the chest showed necrotizing cavitary pneumonia. Urgent throacoscopic lobectomy was performed. Sputum and intraoperative pleural pus grew methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The pathological examination reportedly revealed cryptococcal infection. He had a full recovery after intravenous linezolid treatment.

Published in Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

ISSN: 1684-1182 (Print)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Hong Kong
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-microbiology-immunology-and-infection

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