Pseudomembranous Aspergillus tracheobronchitis

Date: 26 November 2013

  • (A) Tracheal appearance at autopsy (after removal of slough) showing remarkable erythema and ulceration down to carina (Tait 1993).

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Pt FT. Autopsy appearance of the trachea, after the adherent pseudomembrane had been removed, revealing confluent ulceration superiorly with small green plaques of Aspergillus growth on the trachea inferiorly.

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This patient had an acute onset of neutropenia, of undetermined origin, which was treated with prednisolone, before developing rapidly progressive and ultimately fatal pseudomembranous Aspergillus tracheobronchitis. His case was reported because he developed a unilateral monophonic wheeze, which prompted a diagnostic bronchoscopy.Tait RC, O’Driscoll BR, Denning DW. Unilateral wheeze due to pseudomembranous Aspergillus tracheobronchitis in the immunocompromised patient. Thorax 1993; 48: 1285-1287. Disseminated aspergillosis was found at autopsy and cultures from each organ were found to be clonal (Birch M, Nolard N, Shankland G, Denning DW. DNA typing of epidemiologically-related isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus. Infect Epidemiol 1995; 114: 161-168.)

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