Alternaria alternata infection causing rhinosinusitis and orbital involvement in an immunocompetent patient

Invasive fungal rhinosinusitis is a rare infection that occurs primarily in immunocompromised patients. The fungal pathogen Alternaria alternata is rarely associated with rhinosinusitis. We report a case of A. alternata rhinosinusitis in an immunocompetent patient.

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Autores principales: Hattab, Z., Ben Lasfar, N., Abid, M., Bellazreg, F., Fathallah, A., Hachfi, W., Letaief, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Article(s) from the Special Issue on Infections in Tunis
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6849408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31737277
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2019.100561
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author Hattab, Z.
Ben Lasfar, N.
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Fathallah, A.
Hachfi, W.
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description Invasive fungal rhinosinusitis is a rare infection that occurs primarily in immunocompromised patients. The fungal pathogen Alternaria alternata is rarely associated with rhinosinusitis. We report a case of A. alternata rhinosinusitis in an immunocompetent patient.
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spelling pubmed-68494082019-11-15 Alternaria alternata infection causing rhinosinusitis and orbital involvement in an immunocompetent patient Hattab, Z. Ben Lasfar, N. Abid, M. Bellazreg, F. Fathallah, A. Hachfi, W. Letaief, A. New Microbes New Infect Article(s) from the Special Issue on Infections in Tunis Invasive fungal rhinosinusitis is a rare infection that occurs primarily in immunocompromised patients. The fungal pathogen Alternaria alternata is rarely associated with rhinosinusitis. We report a case of A. alternata rhinosinusitis in an immunocompetent patient. Elsevier 2019-05-16 /pmc/articles/PMC6849408/ /pubmed/31737277 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2019.100561 Text en © 2019 Published by Elsevier Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Article(s) from the Special Issue on Infections in Tunis
Hattab, Z.
Ben Lasfar, N.
Abid, M.
Bellazreg, F.
Fathallah, A.
Hachfi, W.
Letaief, A.
Alternaria alternata infection causing rhinosinusitis and orbital involvement in an immunocompetent patient
title Alternaria alternata infection causing rhinosinusitis and orbital involvement in an immunocompetent patient
title_full Alternaria alternata infection causing rhinosinusitis and orbital involvement in an immunocompetent patient
title_fullStr Alternaria alternata infection causing rhinosinusitis and orbital involvement in an immunocompetent patient
title_full_unstemmed Alternaria alternata infection causing rhinosinusitis and orbital involvement in an immunocompetent patient
title_short Alternaria alternata infection causing rhinosinusitis and orbital involvement in an immunocompetent patient
title_sort alternaria alternata infection causing rhinosinusitis and orbital involvement in an immunocompetent patient
topic Article(s) from the Special Issue on Infections in Tunis
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6849408/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2019.100561
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