Allergic bronchopulmonary cladosporiosis in a child

Since the first description of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) in 1952, many reports in the literature have increased the knowledge about immunologic mechanisms, clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria, and treatment of the disease. Aspergillus fumigatus is the most common fungus i...

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Published inJournal of allergy and clinical immunology Vol. 97; no. 2; pp. 714 - 715
Main Authors Moreno-Ancillo, Alvaro, Díaz-Pena, José-María, Ferrer, Angel, Martín-Muñoz, Flora, Martín-Barroso, Juan-Antonio, Martin-Esteban, Manuel, Ojeda, Juan-Antonio
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.02.1996
Elsevier
Subjects
Allergic diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Bronchial Diseases - immunology
Bronchial Diseases - microbiology
Child
Cladosporium - immunology
Cladosporium herbarum
Humans
Immunopathology
Lung Diseases, Fungal - immunology
Lung Diseases, Fungal - microbiology
Male
Medical sciences
Mycoses - complications
Mycoses - drug therapy
Mycoses - immunology
Prednisone - therapeutic use
Respiratory and ent allergic diseases
Respiratory Hypersensitivity - complications
Respiratory Hypersensitivity - immunology
ABPM
ABPA
Human
Immunopathology
Allergy
Mycosis
Respiratory disease
Bronchopulmonary
Asthma
Infection
Case study
Etiology
Obstructive pulmonary disease
Cladosporiosis
Child
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Summary:Since the first description of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) in 1952, many reports in the literature have increased the knowledge about immunologic mechanisms, clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria, and treatment of the disease. Aspergillus fumigatus is the most common fungus involved, but other Aspergillus species and other fungi have been reported as causative agents. Candida albicans, Mucor spp. Helminthosporium spp., Stemphylium spp., Torulopsis spp., Curvularia lunata, Rhizopus spp., Penicillium spp., Drechslera spp., and Pseudallescheria spp. are fungi involved in allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis (ABPM). Diagnostic criteria for ABPA are well established in adult patients, but there are few reports of this disease in children. We present a case of childhood ABPM caused by C. herbarum. To our knowledge, this is the only published case of childhood ABPM caused by this fungus. Remission was achieved by adequate corticosteroid treatment.
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ISSN:0091-6749
1097-6825
DOI:10.1016/S0091-6749(96)70321-4