Exophiala Pneumonia Presenting with a Cough Productive of Black Sputum
Exophiala species are black, yeast-like molds that can cause subcutaneous cysts as well as disseminated disease. Isolated pneumonia due to Exophiala species is extremely uncommon. We report a case of isolated Exophiala pneumonia in a patient with bronchiectasis who presented with worsening dyspnea a...
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| description | Exophiala species are black, yeast-like molds that can cause subcutaneous cysts as well as disseminated disease. Isolated pneumonia due to Exophiala species is extremely uncommon. We report a case of isolated Exophiala pneumonia in a patient with bronchiectasis who presented with worsening dyspnea and a cough productive of black sputum. The production of black sputum, known as melanoptysis, is an uncommon physical finding with a limited differential diagnosis. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of Exophiala pneumonia presenting with a cough productive of black sputum. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5c5cd10bddd442fd917278d5dabd2dc82025-02-03T01:30:49ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332015-01-01201510.1155/2015/821049821049Exophiala Pneumonia Presenting with a Cough Productive of Black SputumYehuda Z. Cohen0Wendy Stead1Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USADivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USAExophiala species are black, yeast-like molds that can cause subcutaneous cysts as well as disseminated disease. Isolated pneumonia due to Exophiala species is extremely uncommon. We report a case of isolated Exophiala pneumonia in a patient with bronchiectasis who presented with worsening dyspnea and a cough productive of black sputum. The production of black sputum, known as melanoptysis, is an uncommon physical finding with a limited differential diagnosis. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of Exophiala pneumonia presenting with a cough productive of black sputum.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/821049 |
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| title | Exophiala Pneumonia Presenting with a Cough Productive of Black Sputum |
| title_full | Exophiala Pneumonia Presenting with a Cough Productive of Black Sputum |
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| title_short | Exophiala Pneumonia Presenting with a Cough Productive of Black Sputum |
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