@article{3082657,
    title = "Pneumonia due to Candida krusei",
    author = "Petrocheilou-Paschou, V and Georgilis, K and Kontoyannis, D and Nanas, J and and Prifti, H and Costopoulos, H and Stamatelopoulos, S",
    journal = "Clinical Microbiology and Infection",
    year = "2002",
    volume = "8",
    number = "12",
    pages = "806-809",
    publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd",
    issn = "1198-743X",
    doi = "10.1046/j.1469-0691.2002.00488.x",
    keywords = "Candida krusei; pneumonia; transplantation",
    abstract = "A case of post-transplantation pneumonia due to Candida krusei is
reported. A 42-year-old man was admitted 28 days after heart
transplantation with cough, pleuritic pain and fever. A chest computed
tomograph showed multiple alveolar infiltrates bilaterally. He received
broad-spectrum antibiotics, fluconazole for oral candidiasis, and
cotrimoxazole for possible Pneumocystis carinii . A short-lived period
of improvement was followed by respiratory failure. Cultures of
bronchial washings grew C. krusei and C. albicans . The infection was
documented by histology and culture obtained by transthoracic
aspiration. Treatment with amphotericin B was initiated, but the patient
died. Histology and culture of a pulmonary specimen, obtained
immediately post mortem, further documented the infection with C.
krusei."
}