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Microbiological Rapid On-Site Evaluation for Pulmonary Infectious Diseases
Published on: March 1, 2024
[Hemoptysis complicating bronchopulmonary mucormycosis in a diabetic patient]
1Service de Pneumologie, CHU de Pointe-à-Pitre, route de Chauvel, 97159 Pointe-à-Pitre cedex, Guadeloupe. gilbert.cadelis@chu-guadeloupe.fr
Introduction:
Mucormycosis are the fungal infections caused by emerging ubiquitous filamentous fungi classified as zygometes and order as mucorales. They occur mainly in immunosuppressed patients and diabetics. The onset of hemoptysis, in this context, may rapidly become life-threatening.
Observation:
We report the case of a man of 83 years, Caribbean with a history of non-insulindependent diabetes and HTLV1 seropositive. At admission he presented with fever, cough and cachexia. Chest X-ray revealed a snapshot of excavation within alveolar consolidation. Endoscopy showed a mucopurulent plug obstructing lingula. The histological appearance of bronchial biopsies was in favor of mucormycosis. A combined treatment with liposomal amphotericin B and posaconasole was implemented, but the occurrence of abundant hemoptysis led us to make a left upper lobectomy. Finally, the outcome was favorable and the patient was discharged after hospitalization of 56 days.
Conclusion:
A medicosurgical treatment during mucormycosis complicating bronchopulmonary hemoptysis not controlled by medical treatment alone seems to offer an effective therapeutic strategy.
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