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Unusual case of otomycosis caused by Saksenaea vasiformis

Saksenaea vasiformis is a species of the order Mucorales rarely reported as a cause of human mucormycosis. We report an unusual case of S. vasiformis otitis occurring in a diabetic woman after penetration of an insect in the right ear. Direct microscopic examination of the clinical sample showed hya...

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Autores principales: Trabelsi, H., Neji, S., Hadrich, I., Sellami, M., Khemakhem, N., Sellami, H., Makni, F., Hammami, B., Ayadi, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7019119/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32082981
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.02.001
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author Trabelsi, H.
Neji, S.
Hadrich, I.
Sellami, M.
Khemakhem, N.
Sellami, H.
Makni, F.
Hammami, B.
Ayadi, A.
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Neji, S.
Hadrich, I.
Sellami, M.
Khemakhem, N.
Sellami, H.
Makni, F.
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Ayadi, A.
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description Saksenaea vasiformis is a species of the order Mucorales rarely reported as a cause of human mucormycosis. We report an unusual case of S. vasiformis otitis occurring in a diabetic woman after penetration of an insect in the right ear. Direct microscopic examination of the clinical sample showed hyaline and non septate hyphae belonging to the order Mucorales. Fungal identification was performed by sequencing the ITS region of the rDNA. To our knowledge, this is the first report of S. vasiformis infection in Tunisia.
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spelling pubmed-70191192020-02-20 Unusual case of otomycosis caused by Saksenaea vasiformis Trabelsi, H. Neji, S. Hadrich, I. Sellami, M. Khemakhem, N. Sellami, H. Makni, F. Hammami, B. Ayadi, A. Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Saksenaea vasiformis is a species of the order Mucorales rarely reported as a cause of human mucormycosis. We report an unusual case of S. vasiformis otitis occurring in a diabetic woman after penetration of an insect in the right ear. Direct microscopic examination of the clinical sample showed hyaline and non septate hyphae belonging to the order Mucorales. Fungal identification was performed by sequencing the ITS region of the rDNA. To our knowledge, this is the first report of S. vasiformis infection in Tunisia. Elsevier 2020-02-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7019119/ /pubmed/32082981 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.02.001 Text en © 2020 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. 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/).
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Sellami, H.
Makni, F.
Hammami, B.
Ayadi, A.
Unusual case of otomycosis caused by Saksenaea vasiformis
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title_fullStr Unusual case of otomycosis caused by Saksenaea vasiformis
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title_short Unusual case of otomycosis caused by Saksenaea vasiformis
title_sort unusual case of otomycosis caused by saksenaea vasiformis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7019119/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32082981
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.02.001
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