Recurrent Hemoptysis with Penicillium Marneffei and Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia in Job's Syndrome. Issue 4 (2009)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ma, Bosco HM; Ng, Calvin SH; Lam, Rebecca KY; Wan, Song; Wan, Innes YP; Lee, Tak Wai; Yim, Anthony PC
• Is Part Of: Canadian respiratory journal. Volume 16:Issue 4(2009)
• Page Start: e50
• Page End: e52
• Publication Date: 2009
• Subjects: Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiration -- Canada -- Periodicals; Respiration; Respiratory organs -- Diseases; Canada; Respiratory Tract Diseases -- Periodicals; Periodicals; Periodicals; 616.2
• DOI: 10.1155/2009/586919
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1198-2241

Abstract

Abstract : Pulmonary infection caused by the opportunistic organisms Penicillium marneffei and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in patients with Job's syndrome is rare and not well documented. The case of a 30-year-old man with Job's syndrome who developed recurrent pneumonia and lung abscesses caused by P marneffei and S maltophilia, complicated by massive hemoptysis, is described. Bronchial artery embolization was successful in controlling the hemoptysis; however, the infection proved fatal despite appropriate antimicrobial therapy. A brief review of the literature on Job's syndrome and its associated infective pulmonary manifestations is also presented.