Aspergillus quadrilineatus infection in an elderly debilitated patient

N Chadiesh; Bhavna T Jishnu; Ananya Tupaki-Sreepurna; R Ramanan; Vijayakishore Thanneru; Anupma Jyoti Kindo

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Year : 2017 | Volume : 19 | Issue : 1 | Page : 62-65

Aspergillus quadrilineatus infection in an elderly debilitated patient

N Chadiesh¹, Bhavna T Jishnu², Ananya Tupaki-Sreepurna², R Ramanan³, Vijayakishore Thanneru², Anupma Jyoti Kindo²
¹ Department of Microbiology, Apollo Specialty Hospitals, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
² Department of Microbiology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
³ Department of Pulmonology, Apollo Specialty Hospitals, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India

Correspondence Address:
Anupma Jyoti Kindo
Department of Microbiology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai - 600 016, Tamil Nadu
India

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/jacm.jacm_7_17

We report a case of Aspergillus quadrilineatus isolated from post-tracheostomy bronchial wash sample of an 85-year-old hypertensive male admitted in the Intensive Care Unit with subarachnoid haemorrhage and low Glasgow Coma Scale score. Although the patient had a history of nasal infection and was symptomatic at the time of admission, the radiological findings were non-specific and included pulmonary infiltrates. This could be the first probable case of invasive infection by A. quadrilineatus reported from India. The patient was treated successfully with Itraconazole and was discharged after recovery from his illness.

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