Cladophialophora bantiana isolated from an AIDS patient with pulmonary infiltrates

J Med Vet Mycol. 1996 Nov-Dec;34(6):427-9. doi: 10.1080/02681219680000751.

Abstract

Cladophialophora bantiana causes a rare phaeohyphomycosis, usually manifested by brain abscesses but rarely by skin or pulmonary lesions. It has not been reported as a common colonizer or as a cause of pulmonary symptoms in patients with AIDS. We present a case in which C. bantiana was repeatedly isolated from the sputum of a patient with AIDS having pulmonary infiltrates.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / microbiology*
  • Adult
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cefuroxime / therapeutic use
  • Cladosporium / isolation & purification*
  • Clavulanic Acid
  • Clavulanic Acids / therapeutic use
  • Fatal Outcome
  • HIV Infections
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / drug therapy
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / microbiology*
  • Male
  • Mycoses / drug therapy
  • Mycoses / microbiology*
  • Sputum / microbiology*
  • Ticarcillin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Clavulanic Acids
  • Clavulanic Acid
  • Ticarcillin
  • Cefuroxime