Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3375966 | Journal of Infection | 2009 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
SummaryThe incidence of pulmonary nodules after cardiac transplantation is not uncommon, and prompt diagnostic procedures are necessary to minimize disease-related morbidity and mortality. We report a 56-year-old woman who was found to have bilateral pulmonary nodules four months after cardiac transplantation. The microorganism was identified with a molecular diagnostic method as Schizophyllum commune, which had not been reported in English literature as a pathogen inducing pulmonary nodules after transplantation. She remained asymptomatic during the therapeutic period and the pulmonary nodules resolved six months later.
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Authors
Jun-Neng Roan, Hsin-Yi Hsieh, Hung-Wen Tsai, Chi-Jung Wu, Chih-Hsin Hsu, Shien-Yin Wu, Yu-Jen Yang, Tsung-Chain Chang,