Sinusitis caused by Scopulariopsis brevicaulis: Case report and review of the literature

Laurent Sattler; Marcela Sabou; Amina Ganeval-Stoll; Caroline Dissaux; Ermanno Candolfi; Valérie Letscher-Bru

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.05.003

Sinusitis caused by Scopulariopsis brevicaulis: Case report and review of the literature

Med Mycol Case Rep. 2014 Jun 4:5:24-7. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.05.003. eCollection 2014 Jul.

Authors

Laurent Sattler¹, Marcela Sabou², Amina Ganeval-Stoll³, Caroline Dissaux³, Ermanno Candolfi², Valérie Letscher-Bru²

Affiliations

¹ Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Mycologie Médicale, Plateau Technique de Microbiologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 1 Place de l׳Hôpital, BP 426, 67091 Strasbourg Cedex, France.
² Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Mycologie Médicale, Plateau Technique de Microbiologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 1 Place de l׳Hôpital, BP 426, 67091 Strasbourg Cedex, France ; Institut de Parasitologie et de Pathologie Tropicale, 3 Rue Koeberlé, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
³ Service de Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale et Réparatrice, Pavillon Chirurgie B, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 1 Place de l׳Hôpital, BP 426, 67091 Strasbourg Cedex, France.

Abstract

We report a case of non-invasive sinusitis caused by Scopulariopsis brevicaulis in a 70-year-old immunocompetent patient who had an antibiotic-resistant suppurative tooth infection evolving for seven months. The sinus endoscopy highlighted a foreign body at the bottom of the sinus, which led to the hypothesis of fungal ball sinusitis. Culture of excised tissue was positive for S. brevicaulis.

Keywords: Fungus ball; Immunocompetent; S. brevicaulis; Sinusitis.