[Bipolaris australiensis in a Spanish patient with allergic chronic sinusitis].
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.
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Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, España.
Pérez-Simón
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Arribi
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Valle
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Perea
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Rodriguez-Noriega
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