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J Med Microbiol 57 (2008), 1427-1430; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/002766-0
© 2008 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 0022-2615

Case Report

Pulmonary Coccidioides nodule in a Swiss patient with chronic lymphatic leukaemia

Michael Hombach1, Peter Stulz2, Walter Arnold3 and Gaby E. Pfyffer1

1 Department of Medical Microbiology, Center for Laboratory Medicine, Kantonsspital Luzern, 6000 Luzern, Switzerland

2 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kantonsspital Luzern, 6000 Luzern, Switzerland

3 Department of Pathology, Kantonsspital Luzern, 6000 Luzern, Switzerland

Correspondence
Michael Hombach
michael.hombach{at}ksl.ch

Received April 21, 2008
Accepted July 9, 2008

The dimorphic fungus Coccidioides immitis, causative agent of coccidioidomycosis, is endemic in semi-arid regions of the Americas. The disease is rarely encountered in Europe. We describe the case of a 61-year-old Swiss patient with chronic lymphatic leukaemia who was eventually diagnosed with an initially unnoticed pulmonary coccidioidomycosis.

Abbreviations: CLL, chronic lymphatic leukaemia.






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