title: Invasive Scytalidium dimidiatum infection in an immunocompetent adult.
abstract: Scytalidium dimidiatum, a dematiaceous fungus, has been well established as an agent of dermatomycosis. There are few reports of invasive infection caused by S. dimidiatum; most infections occurred in immunocompromised hosts. We present an immunocompetent patient with pleural S. dimidiatum infection and review nine other published cases of invasive S. dimidiatum infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Hila
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Elinav
authors.forename: Uzi
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Izhar
authors.forename: Shmuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benenson
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Admon
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hidalgo-Grass
authors.forename: Itzhack
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Polacheck
authors.forename: Maya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Korem
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D010998:Pleurisy / Q000382:microbiology*; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D012339:RNA, Ribosomal, 28S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012339:RNA, Ribosomal, 28S