Purpureocillium lilacinum as a cause of cavitary pulmonary disease: A new clinical presentation and observations on atypical morphologic characteristics of the isolate

Ziauddin Khan; Suhail Ahmad; Fahad Al-Ghimlas; Sana Al-Mutairi; Leena Joseph; Rachel Chandy; Deanna A. Sutton; Josep Guarro

doi:10.1128/JCM.00150-12

Purpureocillium lilacinum as a cause of cavitary pulmonary disease: A new clinical presentation and observations on atypical morphologic characteristics of the isolate

Ziauddin Khan, Suhail Ahmad, Fahad Al-Ghimlas, Sana Al-Mutairi, Leena Joseph, Rachel Chandy, Deanna A. Sutton, Josep Guarro

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The first case of cavitary pulmonary disease caused by Purpureocillium lilacinum is described. The isolate showed atypical microscopic characteristics similar to Acremonium and Fusarium spp., which necessitated molecular identification by sequencing of multiple conserved loci. The patient responded to voriconazole, reinforcing its therapeutic efficacy for P. lilacinum infections.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1800-1804
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of clinical microbiology
Volume	50
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00150-12
State	Published - May 2012

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Khan, Z., Ahmad, S., Al-Ghimlas, F., Al-Mutairi, S., Joseph, L., Chandy, R., Sutton, D. A., & Guarro, J. (2012). Purpureocillium lilacinum as a cause of cavitary pulmonary disease: A new clinical presentation and observations on atypical morphologic characteristics of the isolate. Journal of clinical microbiology, 50(5), 1800-1804. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00150-12

Purpureocillium lilacinum as a cause of cavitary pulmonary disease : A new clinical presentation and observations on atypical morphologic characteristics of the isolate. / Khan, Ziauddin; Ahmad, Suhail; Al-Ghimlas, Fahad et al.

In: Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol. 50, No. 5, 05.2012, p. 1800-1804.

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Khan, Z, Ahmad, S, Al-Ghimlas, F, Al-Mutairi, S, Joseph, L, Chandy, R, Sutton, DA & Guarro, J 2012, 'Purpureocillium lilacinum as a cause of cavitary pulmonary disease: A new clinical presentation and observations on atypical morphologic characteristics of the isolate', Journal of clinical microbiology, vol. 50, no. 5, pp. 1800-1804. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00150-12

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