Recurrent Scedosporium apiospermum mycetoma successfully treated by surgical excision and voriconazole

• Hlavní autoři: Chi-Hsuan Chiang (Autor), Chao-Kai Hsu (Autor), Julia Yu-Yun Lee (Autor), Tsung Chain Chang (Autor), Yuan-Yu Hsueh (Autor), Shyh-Jou Shieh (Autor), Hung-Mo Chen (Autor), Mark Ming-Long Hsu (Autor)
• Médium: Kniha
• Vydáno: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Témata: article
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Scedosporium apiospermum is an emerging opportunistic fungus that can cause localized infection in healthy hosts or severe disseminated disease in immunocompromised hosts. Most cases are reported in Western Europe, Australia, and North America. We report a 52-year-old immunocompetent Taiwanese woman...