A pulmonary infection caused by Coprinus cinereus (Hormographiella aspergillata) diagnosed after a neutropenic episode

• Published in: Medical mycology (Oxford) Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 217 - 219
• Main Authors: SURMONTA, I, VAN AELST, F, VERBANCK, J, DE HOOG, G. S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis 01-04-2002
• Subjects: Adult; Amphotericin B - therapeutic use; Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use; Biological and medical sciences; Coprinus; Female; Human mycoses; Humans; Infectious diseases; Lung Diseases, Fungal - complications; Lung Diseases, Fungal - diagnosis; Lung Diseases, Fungal - drug therapy; Lung Diseases, Fungal - microbiology; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - complications; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - drug therapy; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - immunology; Medical sciences; Mycoses; Mycoses of the respiratory system; Neutropenia - complications; Human; Lung disease; Opportunistic infection; Leukopenia; Mycosis; Respiratory disease; Lung; Abscess; Basidiomycetes; Hemopathy; Coprinus cinereus; Fungi; Infection; Case study; Edible fungi; Thallophyta; Neutropenia
• ISSN: 1369-3786; 1460-2709
• DOI: 10.1080/714031089

In a patient treated for a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a lung abscess caused by Hormographiella aspergillata (stat. anamorph. Coprinus cinereus) was diagnosed using an ultrasound-guided puncture of the lesion. The patient appeared to respond to amphotericin B, but at the same time was also recovering from her neutropenic episode. The extent to which each of these two factors explains the complete resolution of the infection is unclear. Expert classical morphological examination and molecular typing methods were needed to identify this filamentous basidiomycetous fungus.