A pseudo tumoral sinusitis caused by Bipolaris sp

P Toul; L Castillo; V Hofman; J-P Bouchara; S Chanalet; M Gari-Toussaint

doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2006.02.008

A pseudo tumoral sinusitis caused by Bipolaris sp

J Infect. 2006 Dec;53(6):e235-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2006.02.008. Epub 2006 Apr 18.

Authors

P Toul¹, L Castillo, V Hofman, J-P Bouchara, S Chanalet, M Gari-Toussaint

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hôpital de l'Archet, Nice, France. [email protected] <[email protected]>

PMID: 16621001
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2006.02.008

Abstract

This is the first published French case of a rhinosinusitis caused by Bipolaris sp. in an immunocompetent patient and suggests that this organism must be considered as an opportunistic human pathogen in warm and damp climate like the south-east of France. Bipolaris sp. is the most isolated fungi in allergic fungal sinusitis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mycoses / microbiology
Mycoses / pathology*
Nasal Obstruction / microbiology
Nasal Obstruction / pathology*
Nasal Obstruction / surgery
Sphenoid Sinusitis / microbiology
Sphenoid Sinusitis / pathology*
Sphenoid Sinusitis / surgery