Scedosporium apiospermum as a rare cause of fungal rhinosinusitis

Fungal rhinosinusitis is not very uncommon in diabetic patients, but Scedosporium apiospermum as a cause of this infection is rare. We report a case of fungal rhinosinusitis by Scedosporium spp. in a diabetic male along with literature review. The patient is on voriconazole, with adequate therapeuti...

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Autores principales: Baidya, Ankita, Gupta, Nitin, Basu, Ayan, Kodan, Parul, Aggarwal, Karan, Singh, Chirom A., Singh, Gagandeep, Soneja, Manish, Xess, Immaculata
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6436286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30984713
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_434_18
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Sumario:Fungal rhinosinusitis is not very uncommon in diabetic patients, but Scedosporium apiospermum as a cause of this infection is rare. We report a case of fungal rhinosinusitis by Scedosporium spp. in a diabetic male along with literature review. The patient is on voriconazole, with adequate therapeutic response after 6 months of follow up.

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