Recurrent Hemoptysis withPenicillium MarneffeiandStenotrophomonas Maltophiliain Job’s Syndrome

Abstract

Pulmonary infection caused by the opportunistic organismsPenicillium marneffeiandStenotrophomonas maltophiliain patients with Job’s syndrome is rare and not well documented. The case of a 30-year-old man with Job’s syndrome who developed recurrent pneumonia and lung abscesses caused byP marneffeiandS maltophilia, complicated by massive hemoptysis, is described. Bronchial artery embolization was successful in controlling the hemoptysis; however, the infection proved fatal despite appropriate antimicrobial therapy. A brief review of the literature on Job’s syndrome and its associated infective pulmonary manifestations is also presented.