1. A cystic fibrosis child with lung function decline
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Ersilia Fiscarelli, Martina Rossitto, Vanessa Tuccio Guarna Assanti, Vincenzina Lucidi, Gabriella Ricciotti, and Arianna Pompilio
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Male ,0301 basic medicine ,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Antifungal Agents ,Cystic Fibrosis ,Bronchoalveolar Lavage ,Cystic fibrosis ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Ascomycota ,Humans ,Medicine ,Respiratory system ,Child ,Lung ,Lung function ,Pulmonary exacerbation ,Lung Diseases, Fungal ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,Respiratory Function Tests ,Pediatric patient ,Treatment Outcome ,030104 developmental biology ,Bronchoalveolar lavage ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,030228 respiratory system ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Itraconazole ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,business ,Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid ,Arthrographis kalrae ,Respiratory tract - Abstract
Respiratory infections are a major threat to cystic fibrosis patients. Besides bacteria, many fungi colonize the cystic fibrosis respiratory tract where an important fungal biota has been described. We report here the case of a 7-year-old cystic fibrosis child with pulmonary exacerbation and Arthrographis kalrae isolated from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of lung infection due to Arhtrographis kalrae in a cystic fibrosis pediatric patient.
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- 2019
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