title: [Bipolaris australiensis in a Spanish patient with allergic chronic sinusitis].
abstract: Allergic fungal sinusitis is a disease that results from hypersensitivity reaction of the host against fungi colonizing the paranasal sinuses. A 36 years old Spanish man with no history of travel abroad had a history of asthma, nasal polyps, allergic rhinitis and a chronic sinusitis with nasal congestion and headaches. Computed tomography showed pansinusitis and opacification of the paranasal sinuses. A pure culture of Bipolaris australiensis was grown from sinus tissues. Infections caused by Bipolaris spp. and treatment regimes are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: del Palacio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pérez-Simón
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arribi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valle
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perea
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Noriega