Two cases of atopic cough successfully treated by oral cleansing with amphotericin B: Relationship with Basidiomycetes detected from pharyngeal swab

We report herein two cases of atopic cough in which Basidiomycetes was detected from pharyngeal swabs and in which gargling with amphotericin B was efficacious. One case is a 38-year-old woman and the other is a 54-year-old woman. Both patients visited Ishikawa ken Saiseikai Kanazawa Hospital for the diagnosis and treatment of isolated severe non-productive cough. They did not have bronchial hyperresponsiveness to methacholine or heightened...