1. Disseminated Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by Curvularia tuberculata in a Previously Healthy Man.
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Vasikasin V, Nasomsong W, Srisuttiyakorn C, Mitthamsiri W, Oer-Areemitr N, and Changpradub D
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- Amphotericin B administration & dosage, Antifungal Agents administration & dosage, Histocytochemistry, Humans, Invasive Fungal Infections drug therapy, Invasive Fungal Infections microbiology, Itraconazole administration & dosage, Lung pathology, Male, Microbiological Techniques, Phaeohyphomycosis drug therapy, Phaeohyphomycosis microbiology, Skin pathology, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult, Ascomycota isolation & purification, Invasive Fungal Infections diagnosis, Invasive Fungal Infections pathology, Phaeohyphomycosis diagnosis, Phaeohyphomycosis pathology
- Abstract
Disseminated phaeohyphomycosis is an extremely rare clinical syndrome, especially in a host without apparent immunological defect. Here, we report a case of disseminated phaeohyphomycosis in a 22-year-old previously healthy man who showed nonmassive hemoptysis from diffuse lung nodules and cavities, together with a hard palate ulcer and generalized subcutaneous nodules. Histopathology, cultures and subsequent molecular assay from two different sites confirmed Curvularia tuberculata infection. The patient was successfully treated with amphotericin B and itraconazole.
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- 2019
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