title: Paecilomyces lilacinus as the cause of chronic maxillary sinusitis.
abstract: Paecilomyces lilacinus was isolated on two separate occasions from the left antrum of a patient with chronic maxillary sinusitis. The clinical presentation and characteristics of the fungus and the sinus debris histopathology are discussed.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008443:Maxillary Sinus; D008875:Middle Aged; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology