Aspergillus fumigatus isolated from blood samples of a patient with pulmonary aspergilloma after embolization

Aspergillus DNA was detected by PCR in the serum sample of a 78-year-old ma n and galactomannan antigen of Aspergillus by sandwich ELISA was found. How ever, the infiltrative hyphae were not detected by the histopathologic exam ination of the lung. He developed hemoptysis, which required embolization o f bronchial arteries. Aspergillus fumigatus was isolated from blood samples after embolization by the lysis centrifugation method. To our knowledge, t his is probably the first case in which Aspergillus spp, has been isolated from the systemic circulatory blood in a patient with pulmonary aspergillom a after embolization.