Melanized fungus as an Epidural abscess: A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge
Curvularia a dematiaceous fungus is ubiquitously found in soil around the world. We report an epidural abscess due to Curvularia lunata in a 48 years male farmer who underwent decompressive laminectomy as primary modality of treatment followed by isolation, identification and confirmation of the iso...
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| author | Adesh shrivastava Karuna Tadepalli Garima Goel Kajal Gupta Pradeep Kumar Gupta |
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| description | Curvularia a dematiaceous fungus is ubiquitously found in soil around the world. We report an epidural abscess due to Curvularia lunata in a 48 years male farmer who underwent decompressive laminectomy as primary modality of treatment followed by isolation, identification and confirmation of the isolate from tissue by ITS sequencing. Antifungal therapy with voriconazole and amphotericin B for 3 and 2 weeks respectively improved patient's condition and is presently on regular follow up with no sequelae since last 7 months. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4c5494490f074f439bdc5e4e16a712202022-12-22T00:00:50ZengElsevierMedical Mycology Case Reports2211-75392017-06-0116C202410.1016/j.mmcr.2017.04.001Melanized fungus as an Epidural abscess: A diagnostic and therapeutic challengeAdesh shrivastava0Karuna Tadepalli1Garima Goel2Kajal Gupta3Pradeep Kumar Gupta4Department of Neurosurgery, AIIMS Bhopal, Bhopal 462024, MP, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, AIIMS Bhopal, Bhopal 462024, MP, IndiaDepartment of Pathology, AIIMS Bhopal, Bhopal 462024, MP, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, AIIMS Bhopal, Bhopal 462024, MP, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, AIIMS Bhopal, Bhopal 462024, MP, IndiaCurvularia a dematiaceous fungus is ubiquitously found in soil around the world. We report an epidural abscess due to Curvularia lunata in a 48 years male farmer who underwent decompressive laminectomy as primary modality of treatment followed by isolation, identification and confirmation of the isolate from tissue by ITS sequencing. Antifungal therapy with voriconazole and amphotericin B for 3 and 2 weeks respectively improved patient's condition and is presently on regular follow up with no sequelae since last 7 months.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753917300143Curvularia lunataCentral IndiaEpidural abscesssMelanized fungusMolecular identificationPhaeohyphomycosis |
| spellingShingle | Adesh shrivastava Karuna Tadepalli Garima Goel Kajal Gupta Pradeep Kumar Gupta Melanized fungus as an Epidural abscess: A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge Medical Mycology Case Reports Curvularia lunata Central India Epidural abscesss Melanized fungus Molecular identification Phaeohyphomycosis |
| title | Melanized fungus as an Epidural abscess: A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge |
| title_full | Melanized fungus as an Epidural abscess: A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge |
| title_fullStr | Melanized fungus as an Epidural abscess: A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge |
| title_full_unstemmed | Melanized fungus as an Epidural abscess: A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge |
| title_short | Melanized fungus as an Epidural abscess: A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge |
| title_sort | melanized fungus as an epidural abscess a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge |
| topic | Curvularia lunata Central India Epidural abscesss Melanized fungus Molecular identification Phaeohyphomycosis |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753917300143 |
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