Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to Phialemoniopsis ocularis successfully treated by voriconazole

We report a case of subcutaneous infection in a 67 year-old Cambodian man who presented with a 5-month history of swelling of the right foot. Histopathology was compatible with phaeohyphomycosis and the hyphomycete Phialemoniopsis ocularis was identified by the means of morphological and molecular...

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Main Authors: Guillaume Desoubeaux, Dania García, Eric Bailly, Olivier Augereau, Guillaume Bacle, Anne De Muret, Louis Bernard, José F. Cano-Lira, Dea Garcia-Hermoso, Jacques Chandenier
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Published: Elsevier 2014-07-01
Series:Medical Mycology Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753914000104
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spelling doaj-b3a14ce58d434dc2b496645f873381522020-11-25T03:35:58ZengElsevierMedical Mycology Case Reports2211-75392014-07-015C4810.1016/j.mmcr.2014.04.001Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to Phialemoniopsis ocularis successfully treated by voriconazoleGuillaume Desoubeaux0Dania García1Eric Bailly2Olivier Augereau3Guillaume Bacle4Anne De Muret5Louis Bernard6José F. Cano-Lira7Dea Garcia-Hermoso8Jacques Chandenier9CHU Tours, Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie-Médecine tropicale, 2 Boulevard Tonnellé, Tours 37044, FranceMycology Unit, University Rovira i Virgili and IISPV, C/Sant Llorenç 21, Reus 43201, SpainCHU Tours, Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie-Médecine tropicale, 2 Boulevard Tonnellé, Tours 37044, FranceCHU Tours, Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie-Médecine tropicale, 2 Boulevard Tonnellé, Tours 37044, FranceCHU Tours, Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique, Avenue de la République, Chambray-les-Tours 37170, FranceCHU Tours, Service d’Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Avenue de la République, Chambray-les-Tours 37170, FranceUniversité François Rabelais, CEPR – UMR INSERM U1100/EA 6305, Faculté de Médecine, 10 Boulevard Tonnellé, Tours 37032, FranceMycology Unit, University Rovira i Virgili and IISPV, C/Sant Llorenç 21, Reus 43201, SpainUnité de Mycologie Moléculaire, CNRMA de l’Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr Roux, Paris 75015, FranceCHU Tours, Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie-Médecine tropicale, 2 Boulevard Tonnellé, Tours 37044, France We report a case of subcutaneous infection in a 67 year-old Cambodian man who presented with a 5-month history of swelling of the right foot. Histopathology was compatible with phaeohyphomycosis and the hyphomycete Phialemoniopsis ocularis was identified by the means of morphological and molecular techniques. The patient responded well to a 6-month oral treatment with voriconazole alone. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753914000104Phialemoniopsis ocularisSarcopodium oculorumPhaeohyphomycosisVoriconazole
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author Guillaume Desoubeaux
Dania García
Eric Bailly
Olivier Augereau
Guillaume Bacle
Anne De Muret
Louis Bernard
José F. Cano-Lira
Dea Garcia-Hermoso
Jacques Chandenier
spellingShingle Guillaume Desoubeaux
Dania García
Eric Bailly
Olivier Augereau
Guillaume Bacle
Anne De Muret
Louis Bernard
José F. Cano-Lira
Dea Garcia-Hermoso
Jacques Chandenier
Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to Phialemoniopsis ocularis successfully treated by voriconazole
Medical Mycology Case Reports
Phialemoniopsis ocularis
Sarcopodium oculorum
Phaeohyphomycosis
Voriconazole
author_facet Guillaume Desoubeaux
Dania García
Eric Bailly
Olivier Augereau
Guillaume Bacle
Anne De Muret
Louis Bernard
José F. Cano-Lira
Dea Garcia-Hermoso
Jacques Chandenier
author_sort Guillaume Desoubeaux
title Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to Phialemoniopsis ocularis successfully treated by voriconazole
title_short Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to Phialemoniopsis ocularis successfully treated by voriconazole
title_full Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to Phialemoniopsis ocularis successfully treated by voriconazole
title_fullStr Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to Phialemoniopsis ocularis successfully treated by voriconazole
title_full_unstemmed Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to Phialemoniopsis ocularis successfully treated by voriconazole
title_sort subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to phialemoniopsis ocularis successfully treated by voriconazole
publisher Elsevier
series Medical Mycology Case Reports
issn 2211-7539
publishDate 2014-07-01
description We report a case of subcutaneous infection in a 67 year-old Cambodian man who presented with a 5-month history of swelling of the right foot. Histopathology was compatible with phaeohyphomycosis and the hyphomycete Phialemoniopsis ocularis was identified by the means of morphological and molecular techniques. The patient responded well to a 6-month oral treatment with voriconazole alone.
topic Phialemoniopsis ocularis
Sarcopodium oculorum
Phaeohyphomycosis
Voriconazole
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753914000104
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