Author/Authors :
Fakharian, Atefeh shahid beheshti university of medical sciences - Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD),, تهران, ايران , Dorudinia, Atosa shahid beheshti university of medical sciences - Tracheal Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), تهران, ايران , Alavi Darazam, Ilad shahid beheshti university of medical sciences - Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD),, تهران, ايران , Mansouri, Davood shahid beheshti university of medical sciences - Clinical Tuberculosis and Epidemiology Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), تهران, ايران , Masjedi, Mohammad Reza shahid beheshti university of medical sciences - Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD),, تهران, ايران
Abstract :
Acremonium spp. cause human superficial infections including mycetoma, onychomycosis and keratitis. There are a few reports of systemic involvement in immunocompromised patients. However, isolated pulmonary infection in otherwise healthy hosts has never been reported in the literature. Herein, we report a 59 year-old diabetic man with non-resolving pneumonia due to Acremonium spp. and provide a consensus review of the published clinical cases of systemic and respiratory tract infections.
Keywords :
Acremonium , Pneumonia , Diabetes , Immunocompromised host , Systemic infection ,
