Invasive Scytalidium dimidiatum infection in an immunocompetent adult.
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.
Elinav
Hila
H
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Izhar
Uzi
U
Benenson
Shmuel
S
Admon
Dan
D
Hidalgo-Grass
Carlos
C
Polacheck
Itzhack
I
Korem
Maya
M
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
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012339:RNA, Ribosomal, 28S