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Junwei Guo1, Jingci Chen2, Xuefeng Sun3
1Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Shuaifuyuan Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
Background:
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a special clinical presentation mostly associated with autoimmune disorders. Here we report a rare case of PAP secondary to infection of Bacillus megaterium.
Case Presentation:
A 58-year-old woman presented with intermittent cough and dyspnea for half a year. Chest CT scan showed "crazy paving" pattern. B. megaterium was identified by percutaneous CT-guided needle biopsy. She continuously received antimicrobial treatment since the diagnosis and follow-up examination suggested great improvement.
Conclusions:
To our knowledge, this is the first case of B. megaterium infection presented with PAP pattern in healthy individuals. Attention should be paid on the secondary causes including rare pathogen infection when patients presented with PAP syndrome.
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