Sinusitis caused by Scopulariopsis brevicaulis: Case report and review of the literature

We report a case of non-invasive sinusitis caused by Scopulariopsis brevicaulis in a 70-year-old immunocompetent patient who had an antibiotic-resistant suppurative tooth infection evolving for seven months. The sinus endoscopy highlighted a foreign body at the bottom of the sinus, which led to the...

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Autores principales: Sattler, Laurent, Sabou, Marcela, Ganeval-Stoll, Amina, Dissaux, Caroline, Candolfi, Ermanno, Letscher-Bru, Valérie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4081977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25003024
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.05.003
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Sumario:We report a case of non-invasive sinusitis caused by Scopulariopsis brevicaulis in a 70-year-old immunocompetent patient who had an antibiotic-resistant suppurative tooth infection evolving for seven months. The sinus endoscopy highlighted a foreign body at the bottom of the sinus, which led to the hypothesis of fungal ball sinusitis. Culture of excised tissue was positive for S. brevicaulis.

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