Pulmonary mycetoma due to Coccidioides immitis

Chest. 1977 Mar;71(3):429-30. doi: 10.1378/chest.71.3.429.

Abstract

Pulmonary mycetoma due to Coccidioides immitis has been reported on three occasions. The present case is the fourth such report occurring in a patient with widely disseminated disease. Spherules and hyphae were found in the specimen. While the active pulmonary and extra-pulmonary lesions responded well to therapy with amphotericin B, resection was required to eliminate the residual mycetoma and its attendant hemoptysis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Coccidioidomycosis / drug therapy
  • Coccidioidomycosis / microbiology*
  • Coccidioidomycosis / surgery
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / drug therapy
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / microbiology*
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / surgery
  • Male
  • Pneumonectomy

Substances

  • Amphotericin B