Successful treatment of Ochroconis gallopavum infection in an immunocompetent host

Infection. 2007 Oct;35(5):367-9. doi: 10.1007/s15010-007-6054-7. Epub 2007 Aug 20.

Abstract

Ochroconis gallopavum, a dematiaceous fungus, is a rare cause disease in immunocompromised patients and epidemic encephalitis in poultry. We report the first case of active O. gallopavum pulmonary infection in an immunocompetent host with rapid and complete response to oral antifungal therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Ascomycota / isolation & purification*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mycoses / drug therapy*
  • Mycoses / microbiology*
  • Pneumonia / drug therapy*
  • Pneumonia / microbiology*
  • Radiography, Thoracic

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents