Allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis caused by Penicillium luteum. 2017

Chiyako Oshikata, and Maiko Watanabe, and Akemi Saito, and Hiroshi Yasueda, and Kazuo Akiyama, and Yoichi Kamata, and Naomi Tsurikisawa
National Hospital Organization Saitama National Hospital, Department of Respirology, 2-1 Suwa, Wako, Saitama 351-0102, Japan; National Hospital Organization Sagamihara National Hospital, Department of Allergy and Respirology, Sakuradai 18-1, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0392, Japan.

A 65-year-old Japanese male had severe bronchial asthma had increased mold-containing sputum. Serum total IgE level had increased to 798 IU/mL and antigen-specific precipitating antibodies to P. luteum and P. notatum were present but not those reactive toward any species of Aspergillus. Chest computed tomography revealed central bronchiectasis and bronchial wall thickness. After antigen-specific provocation with 10 mg/mL of P. luteum, the patient developed asthma exacerbation, but not with A. fumigatus. We present a rare case of Penicillium-induced allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis caused by P. luteum.

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