Spontaneous Pneumothorax as a Rare Presentation of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis: A Case Report
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Sibel DOĞRU; Mesut DEMİRKÖSE; Tayibe BAL; Vicdan KÖKSALDI MOTOR; Burçin ÖZER; Ersin Şükrü ERDEN
- Source
- Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi, Vol 20, Iss 2, Pp 103-106 (2015)
- Subject
- Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis
pneumothorax
interstitial pulmonary disease
corticosteroid
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Microbiology
QR1-502
- Language
- English
Turkish
- ISSN
- 1300-932X
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is mainly seen in patients with immunosuppression. The disease has high morbidity and mortality. Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is the most severe form of pulmonary diseases associated with Aspergillus. A patient was admitted with clinical symptoms of spontaneous pneumothorax, who had been receiving corticosteroid therapy 1mg/kg/day for 1.5 months due to interstitial lung disease. Aspergillus niger was isolated from the fluid taken from the chest tube. The patient who had been receiving voriconazole therapydied on the sixth day of treatment. This case was shared to emphasize that invasive pulmonary aspergillosis should recur to mind when cases receiving corticosteroid therapy due to chronic lung disease develop clinical symptoms of pneumothorax.