Systemic phaeohyphomycosis resembling primary sclerosing cholangitis caused by Exophiala dermatitidis.
Exophiala dermatitidis, one of the saprophytic dematiaceous fungi, is a cause of local and disseminated phaeohyphomycosis. We report a case of systemic phaeohyphomycosis resembling sclerosing cholangitis caused by E. dermatitidis in a 24-year-old woman.
Oztas
Erkin
E
Department of Gastroenterology, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Odemis
Bulent
B
Department of Gastroenterology, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Kekilli
Murat
M
Department of Gastroenterology, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Kurt
Mevlut
M
Department of Gastroenterology, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Dinc
Bedia Mert
BM
Microbiology Laboratory, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Parlak
Erkan
E
Department of Gastroenterology, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Kalkanci
Ayse
A
Department of Medical Microbiology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Sasmaz
Nurgul
N
Department of Gastroenterology, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015209:Cholangitis, Sclerosing / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005093:Exophiala; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014230:Triazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D065819:Voriconazole; D055815:Young Adult
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D011743:Pyrimidines; D014230:Triazoles; D000666:Amphotericin B; D065819:Voriconazole