Invasive infection in a young immunocompetent soldier caused by Scytalidium dimidiatum.
Scytalidium dimidiatum is mainly responsible for human skin and nail infections but the mould has also been reported for invasive infections in immunocompromised individuals. We report a young immunocompetent individual diagnosed with invasive non-traumatic Scytalidium dimidiatum infection involving the left orbital cavity and maxillary sinus.
Ikram
Aamer
A
Department of Microbiology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi. maahin1@yahoo.com
Hussain
Wajid
W
Satti
M Luqman
ML
Wiqar
M Amin
MA
D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009181:Mycoses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B