Scedosporium apiospermum EUMYCETOMA SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH ORAL VORICONAZOLE: REPORT OF A CASE AND REVIEW OF THE BRAZILIAN REPORTS ON SCEDOSPORIOSIS-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Scedosporium apiospermum EUMYCETOMA SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH ORAL VORICONAZOLE: REPORT OF A CASE AND REVIEW OF THE BRAZILIAN REPORTS ON SCEDOSPORIOSIS

Published:2013-04 Issue:2 Volume:55 Page:121-123
ISSN:0036-4665
Container-title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Short-container-title:Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo

Author:

Oliveira Flávio de Mattos¹,Unis Gisela²,Hochhegger Bruno³,Severo Luiz Carlos⁴

Affiliation:

1. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS),, Brazil; Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Brazil

2. Doutora em Pneumologia, UFRGS.; Hospital Sanatório Partenon, Brazil

3. Professor Adjunto de Radiologia, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Brazil

4. Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Brazil; UFRGS; Pesquisador 1B, CNPq

Abstract

We describe a case of white-grain eumycetoma caused by Scedosporium apiospermum in an immunocompetent host that was successfully treated with oral voriconazole, and we review the Brazilian reports on scedosporiosis.

Publisher

FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,General Medicine

Link

http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rimtsp/v55n2/0036-4665-rimtsp-55-02-121.pdf

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