A Rare Case of Fungal Maxillary Sinusitis due to Paecilomyces lilacinus in an Immunocompetent Host, Presenting as a Subcutaneous Swelling

A Rare Case of Fungal Maxillary Sinusitis due to Paecilomyces lilacinus in an Immunocompetent Host, Presenting as a Subcutaneous Swelling

Paecilomyces is a colonizing fungal species which usually causes keratitis, endocarditis, sinusitis, nephritis, fungemia, cutaneous, and subcutaneous infections in immunocompromised host. Very rarely, it causes similar infection in immunocompetent host without any risk factors. We report a case of m...

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Main Authors: Harish S Permi, Sunil kumar Y., Vimal K Karnaker, Kishan Prasad H L., S Teerthanath, Satheesh Kumar Bhandary
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Laboratory Physicians
Subjects:
immunocompetent
itraconozole
maxillary sinusitis
paecilomyces lilacinus
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0974-2727.78566

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