Kneiffiella palmae: A non-Aspergillus fungal infection isolated from a pulmonary nodule in a child with chronic granulomatous disease

Creator(s)

Bianca E. Ituarte
Connie Canete-Gibas
Nathan P. Wiederhold
Liset Olarte, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-2023

Identifier

DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2023.08.001

Abstract

We report the first known human case of Kneiffiella palmae in the medical literature. K. palmae was isolated from a pulmonary nodule in a 7-year-old male with chronic granulomatous disease. The mold was identified as K. palmae at a national reference laboratory, where 17 other human respiratory samples tested positive for K. palmae from 2013 to 2021. Optimal antimicrobial treatment is unknown, but azoles and amphotericin B demonstrated in vitro activity against each tested isolate.

Journal Title

Medical Mycology Case Reports

Volume

41

First Page

36

Last Page

40

Keywords

Kneiffiella palmae; Hyphodontia palmae; Basidiomycota; Chronic granulomatous disease; Immunocompromised host

Comments

This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Publisher's Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753923000301?via%3Dihub

Recommended Citation

Ituarte BE, Cañete-Gibas C, Wiederhold NP, Olarte L. Kneiffiella Palmae: A non-aspergillus fungal infection isolated from a pulmonary nodule in a child with chronic granulomatous disease. Medical Mycology Case Reports. 2023;41:36-40. doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2023.08.001