MIXED INTRANASAL INFECTION CAUSED BY FUSARIUM-SOLANI AND A ZYGOMYCETEIN A LEUKEMIC PATIENT

Authors
LOPES JO DEMELLO ES KLOCK C
Citation
Jo. Lopes et al., MIXED INTRANASAL INFECTION CAUSED BY FUSARIUM-SOLANI AND A ZYGOMYCETEIN A LEUKEMIC PATIENT, Mycoses, 38(7-8), 1995, pp. 281-284
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases",Mycology
Journal title
Mycoses → ACNP
ISSN journal
09337407
Volume
38
Issue
7-8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
281 - 284
Database
ISI
SICI code
0933-7407(1995)38:7-8<281:MIICBF>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
We report a case of mixed intranasal infection caused by Fusarium sola ni and a zygomycete, with probable sinus and brain involvement. The pa tient had chronic myelogenous leukaemia and was treated with chemother apy. Diagnosis of the infection was established by direct examination of the intranasal eschar and histopathological study of an excisional biopsy. Only F. solani was isolated from both specimens. Difficulties in diagnosis and treatment of these infections are discussed.