A case of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureusnecrotizing pneumonia with pulmonary cryptococcosis

Autor: Wu, Jiunn-Sheng, Peng, Ming-Yieh, Kuo, Chan-Yen, Wu, Jiann-Der
Zdroj: Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection; 20210101, Issue: Preprints
Abstrakt: A 37-year-old healthy man was transferred to the emergency department of this hospital because of fever and hemoptysis. A radiograph of the chest revealed a cavitary lesion in the right upper lobe. Computed tomography of the chest showed necrotizing cavitary pneumonia. Urgent throacoscopic lobectomy was performed. Sputum and intraoperative pleural pus grew methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA). The pathological examination reportedly revealed cryptococcal infection. He had a full recovery after intravenous linezolid treatment.
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