A Rare Case of Fungal Maxillary Sinusitis due to Paecilomyces lilacinus in an Immunocompetent Host, Presenting as a Subcutaneous Swelling

Paecilomyces is a colonizing fungal species which usually causes keratitis, endocarditis, sinusitis, nephritis, fungemia, cutaneous, and subcutaneous infections in immunocompromised host. Very rarely, it causes similar infection in immunocompetent host without any risk factors. We report a case of m...

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Autores principales: Permi, Harish S, Sunil, Kumar Y, Karnaker, Vimal K, Kishan, Prasad H L, Teerthanath, S, Bhandary, Satheesh Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21701664
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2727.78566
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author Permi, Harish S
Sunil, Kumar Y
Karnaker, Vimal K
Kishan, Prasad H L
Teerthanath, S
Bhandary, Satheesh Kumar
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Sunil, Kumar Y
Karnaker, Vimal K
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description Paecilomyces is a colonizing fungal species which usually causes keratitis, endocarditis, sinusitis, nephritis, fungemia, cutaneous, and subcutaneous infections in immunocompromised host. Very rarely, it causes similar infection in immunocompetent host without any risk factors. We report a case of maxillary sinusitis due to Paecilomyces lilacinus in a 65–year-old immunocompetent male, who presented with a subcutaneous swelling below the left eye. The lesion was excised by surgery and treated with itraconazole for 6 months based on culture and sensitivity. After 1 year of follow up, he is free of symptoms with no evidence of recurrence.
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spelling pubmed-31180582011-06-23 A Rare Case of Fungal Maxillary Sinusitis due to Paecilomyces lilacinus in an Immunocompetent Host, Presenting as a Subcutaneous Swelling Permi, Harish S Sunil, Kumar Y Karnaker, Vimal K Kishan, Prasad H L Teerthanath, S Bhandary, Satheesh Kumar J Lab Physicians Case Report Paecilomyces is a colonizing fungal species which usually causes keratitis, endocarditis, sinusitis, nephritis, fungemia, cutaneous, and subcutaneous infections in immunocompromised host. Very rarely, it causes similar infection in immunocompetent host without any risk factors. We report a case of maxillary sinusitis due to Paecilomyces lilacinus in a 65–year-old immunocompetent male, who presented with a subcutaneous swelling below the left eye. The lesion was excised by surgery and treated with itraconazole for 6 months based on culture and sensitivity. After 1 year of follow up, he is free of symptoms with no evidence of recurrence. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3118058/ /pubmed/21701664 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2727.78566 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Laboratory Physicians http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Permi, Harish S
Sunil, Kumar Y
Karnaker, Vimal K
Kishan, Prasad H L
Teerthanath, S
Bhandary, Satheesh Kumar
A Rare Case of Fungal Maxillary Sinusitis due to Paecilomyces lilacinus in an Immunocompetent Host, Presenting as a Subcutaneous Swelling
title A Rare Case of Fungal Maxillary Sinusitis due to Paecilomyces lilacinus in an Immunocompetent Host, Presenting as a Subcutaneous Swelling
title_full A Rare Case of Fungal Maxillary Sinusitis due to Paecilomyces lilacinus in an Immunocompetent Host, Presenting as a Subcutaneous Swelling
title_fullStr A Rare Case of Fungal Maxillary Sinusitis due to Paecilomyces lilacinus in an Immunocompetent Host, Presenting as a Subcutaneous Swelling
title_full_unstemmed A Rare Case of Fungal Maxillary Sinusitis due to Paecilomyces lilacinus in an Immunocompetent Host, Presenting as a Subcutaneous Swelling
title_short A Rare Case of Fungal Maxillary Sinusitis due to Paecilomyces lilacinus in an Immunocompetent Host, Presenting as a Subcutaneous Swelling
title_sort rare case of fungal maxillary sinusitis due to paecilomyces lilacinus in an immunocompetent host, presenting as a subcutaneous swelling
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21701664
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2727.78566
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