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Ochroconis gallopava bronchitis mimicking haemoptysis in a patient with bronchiectasis

Ochroconis gallopava is an anamorphic mould characterized by slow growth rate and production of a maroon pigment, which has been isolated worldwide from soil, thermal springs, decaying vegetation, and chicken litter. It has been reported to cause localized, mostly pulmonary, and systemic infection i...

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Autores principales: Bernasconi, M., Voinea, C., Hauser, P.M., Nicod, L.P., Lazor, R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5581866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28884072
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.08.021
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author Bernasconi, M.
Voinea, C.
Hauser, P.M.
Nicod, L.P.
Lazor, R.
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description Ochroconis gallopava is an anamorphic mould characterized by slow growth rate and production of a maroon pigment, which has been isolated worldwide from soil, thermal springs, decaying vegetation, and chicken litter. It has been reported to cause localized, mostly pulmonary, and systemic infection in severely immunocompromised patients. We describe the case of a 76-year-old woman known for ulcerative colitis-related bronchiectasis treated with low dose oral steroids, who developed a fungal bronchitis with dark, bloody-like, sputum which was initially misinterpreted as haemoptysis. A filamentary mould grew on sputum culture, and was identified by DNA analysis as Ochroconis gallopava. We observed a significant clinical improvement after 6 weeks of itraconazole therapy.
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spelling pubmed-55818662017-09-07 Ochroconis gallopava bronchitis mimicking haemoptysis in a patient with bronchiectasis Bernasconi, M. Voinea, C. Hauser, P.M. Nicod, L.P. Lazor, R. Respir Med Case Rep Case Report Ochroconis gallopava is an anamorphic mould characterized by slow growth rate and production of a maroon pigment, which has been isolated worldwide from soil, thermal springs, decaying vegetation, and chicken litter. It has been reported to cause localized, mostly pulmonary, and systemic infection in severely immunocompromised patients. We describe the case of a 76-year-old woman known for ulcerative colitis-related bronchiectasis treated with low dose oral steroids, who developed a fungal bronchitis with dark, bloody-like, sputum which was initially misinterpreted as haemoptysis. A filamentary mould grew on sputum culture, and was identified by DNA analysis as Ochroconis gallopava. We observed a significant clinical improvement after 6 weeks of itraconazole therapy. Elsevier 2017-08-24 /pmc/articles/PMC5581866/ /pubmed/28884072 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.08.021 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Hauser, P.M.
Nicod, L.P.
Lazor, R.
Ochroconis gallopava bronchitis mimicking haemoptysis in a patient with bronchiectasis
title Ochroconis gallopava bronchitis mimicking haemoptysis in a patient with bronchiectasis
title_full Ochroconis gallopava bronchitis mimicking haemoptysis in a patient with bronchiectasis
title_fullStr Ochroconis gallopava bronchitis mimicking haemoptysis in a patient with bronchiectasis
title_full_unstemmed Ochroconis gallopava bronchitis mimicking haemoptysis in a patient with bronchiectasis
title_short Ochroconis gallopava bronchitis mimicking haemoptysis in a patient with bronchiectasis
title_sort ochroconis gallopava bronchitis mimicking haemoptysis in a patient with bronchiectasis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5581866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28884072
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.08.021
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