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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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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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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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 |
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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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Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to Phialemoniopsis ocularis successfully treated by voriconazole |
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Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to Phialemoniopsis ocularis successfully treated by voriconazole |
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Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to Phialemoniopsis ocularis successfully treated by voriconazole |
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Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to Phialemoniopsis ocularis successfully treated by voriconazole |
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Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to Phialemoniopsis ocularis successfully treated by voriconazole |
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subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to phialemoniopsis ocularis successfully treated by voriconazole |
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Medical Mycology Case Reports |
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2211-7539 |
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2014-07-01 |
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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.
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Phialemoniopsis ocularis Sarcopodium oculorum Phaeohyphomycosis Voriconazole |
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