Primary invasive laryngeal mycosis in an immunocompetent patient: a case report and clinico-epidemiological update

BMC Infectious Diseases
Supram Hosuru SubramanyaArnab Ghosh

Abstract

Laryngeal aspergillosis is uncommon and is usually secondary to pulmonary involvement in immunocompromised patients. Primary laryngeal aspergillosis in immunocompetent individuals is extremely rare, with a few cases documented over the last five decades. We report a case of primary localised laryngeal aspergillosis in a 21-year-old apparently immunocompetent student. Septate hyphae were observed on histopathology of the laryngeal lesion, which was further confirmed as Aspergillus fumigatus after extraction of fungal DNA from formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue (FFPET) and sequencing. The patient responded well to oral itraconazole therapy over a month. Since last few decades, cases of primary laryngeal aspergillosis in immunocompetent individuals are on the rise, globally. This is the first case of invasive laryngeal aspergillosis reported in Nepal. The extraction of DNA from tissue and sequencing helps to identify the etiological agent, when culture fails to isolate the fungus.

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May 21, 2020·Respirology Case Reports·Nirmal Kanti Sarkar, Bijoy Pada Gope

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