Invasive fungal sinusitis due to Bipolaris hawaiiensis

Mycoses. 2004 Feb;47(1-2):76-81. doi: 10.1046/j.0933-7407.2003.00941.x.

Abstract

A phaeohyphomycotic sinusitis due to Bipolaris hawaiiensis, observed in an immunologically competent patient, is reported and a review of data from the literature is given. The patient was successfully treated by surgical drainage and amphotericin B.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amphotericin B / administration & dosage
  • Amphotericin B / pharmacology
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antifungal Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Ascomycota / drug effects
  • Ascomycota / isolation & purification*
  • Drainage
  • Ethmoid Sinusitis / drug therapy
  • Ethmoid Sinusitis / microbiology
  • Ethmoid Sinusitis / pathology
  • Ethmoid Sinusitis / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mycoses / drug therapy
  • Mycoses / microbiology*
  • Mycoses / pathology
  • Mycoses / surgery
  • Sinusitis / drug therapy
  • Sinusitis / microbiology*
  • Sinusitis / pathology
  • Sinusitis / surgery
  • Sphenoid Sinusitis / drug therapy
  • Sphenoid Sinusitis / microbiology
  • Sphenoid Sinusitis / pathology
  • Sphenoid Sinusitis / surgery

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Amphotericin B