Chaetomium globosum: Spotting a scarce saprophyte in bacterial-fungal co-infection of the sinuses in a post-COVID-19 patient
Atypical fungal co-infections in post-COVID-19 patients may have been underreported due to limited diagnostic methods. We present a case of Chaetomium globosum sinusitis in a 55-year-old post-COVID-19 patient with pain in the left side of the face, mimicking rhino-cerebral mucormycosis.CT-paranasal...
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| author | Neeta Gade Soumyabrata Nag Kiran Kumar Prathipati Meena Mishra Vishal Shete |
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| description | Atypical fungal co-infections in post-COVID-19 patients may have been underreported due to limited diagnostic methods. We present a case of Chaetomium globosum sinusitis in a 55-year-old post-COVID-19 patient with pain in the left side of the face, mimicking rhino-cerebral mucormycosis.CT-paranasal sinuses showed mucosal thickening of left paranasal sinuses, biopsy of which grew a velvety, white colony. It was confirmed as Chaetomium globosum. The patient responded to oral Posaconazole therapy for three months.Prompt identification of atypical fungal agents is critical for appropriate treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-69fc140d005a45b691eb998bef2774fa2024-03-21T05:36:38ZengElsevierMedical Mycology Case Reports2211-75392024-03-0143100618Chaetomium globosum: Spotting a scarce saprophyte in bacterial-fungal co-infection of the sinuses in a post-COVID-19 patientNeeta Gade0Soumyabrata Nag1Kiran Kumar Prathipati2Meena Mishra3Vishal Shete4Department of Microbiology, AIIMS Nagpur, MIHAN, Nagpur, 441108, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, AIIMS Nagpur, MIHAN, Nagpur, 441108, India; Corresponding author.Department of ENT, AIIMS Nagpur, MIHAN, Nagpur, 441108, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, AIIMS Nagpur, MIHAN, Nagpur, 441108, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, AIIMS Nagpur, MIHAN, Nagpur, 441108, IndiaAtypical fungal co-infections in post-COVID-19 patients may have been underreported due to limited diagnostic methods. We present a case of Chaetomium globosum sinusitis in a 55-year-old post-COVID-19 patient with pain in the left side of the face, mimicking rhino-cerebral mucormycosis.CT-paranasal sinuses showed mucosal thickening of left paranasal sinuses, biopsy of which grew a velvety, white colony. It was confirmed as Chaetomium globosum. The patient responded to oral Posaconazole therapy for three months.Prompt identification of atypical fungal agents is critical for appropriate treatment.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753923000507Chaetomium globosumPost COVID-19PeritheciaAscocarpFungal co-infection |
| spellingShingle | Neeta Gade Soumyabrata Nag Kiran Kumar Prathipati Meena Mishra Vishal Shete Chaetomium globosum: Spotting a scarce saprophyte in bacterial-fungal co-infection of the sinuses in a post-COVID-19 patient Medical Mycology Case Reports Chaetomium globosum Post COVID-19 Perithecia Ascocarp Fungal co-infection |
| title | Chaetomium globosum: Spotting a scarce saprophyte in bacterial-fungal co-infection of the sinuses in a post-COVID-19 patient |
| title_full | Chaetomium globosum: Spotting a scarce saprophyte in bacterial-fungal co-infection of the sinuses in a post-COVID-19 patient |
| title_fullStr | Chaetomium globosum: Spotting a scarce saprophyte in bacterial-fungal co-infection of the sinuses in a post-COVID-19 patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chaetomium globosum: Spotting a scarce saprophyte in bacterial-fungal co-infection of the sinuses in a post-COVID-19 patient |
| title_short | Chaetomium globosum: Spotting a scarce saprophyte in bacterial-fungal co-infection of the sinuses in a post-COVID-19 patient |
| title_sort | chaetomium globosum spotting a scarce saprophyte in bacterial fungal co infection of the sinuses in a post covid 19 patient |
| topic | Chaetomium globosum Post COVID-19 Perithecia Ascocarp Fungal co-infection |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753923000507 |
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