Paecilomyces variotii as an Emergent Pathogenic Agent of Pneumonia

Table 1

Case reports of Paecilomyces variotii pneumonia described in the medical literature.

Ref.	Place	Age/sex	Baseline disease	Diagnostic Sample	Therapy	Outcome
[10]	USA	67/male	None	Sputum	Itraconazole; Posaconazole	Alive
[11]	USA	49/female	Pulmonary emphysema; Use of chronic corticosteroids	BAL	AmB deoxycholate	Died
[12]	USA	33/male	DM-1	BAL	Ketoconazole; AmB deoxycholate	Alive
[13]	UK	64/female	Hairy cell leukemia	BAL	AmB deoxycholate	Alive
Present case	Brazil	48/female	Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma	BAL	Lipossomal AmB	Died

Ref.: references; BAL: bronchoalveolar lavage; DM-1: diabetes mellitus; AmB: amphotericin B.