| chronic eosinophilic pneumonia associated with schizophyllum commune. | we describe the first known japanese patient with chronic eosinophilic pneumonia caused by schizophyllum commune. the patient presented to social insurance tagawa hospital, fukuoka, japan with cough, wheezing, dyspnoea, and fever. computed tomograms of the chest showed bilateral areas of consolidation with air bronchograms as well as interstitial infiltrates in the upper lobe, without ectasia of proximal bronchi. fibreoptic bronchoscopy revealed no impacted mucus in the bronchi. bal fluid from t ... | 2003 | 14708555 |