Scedosporium apiospermum as a rare cause of fungal rhinosinusitis

Ankita Baidya; Nitin Gupta; Ayan Basu; Parul Kodan; Karan Aggarwal; Chirom A Singh; Gagandeep Singh; Manish Soneja; Immaculata Xess

doi:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_434_18

Scedosporium apiospermum as a rare cause of fungal rhinosinusitis

J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Feb;8(2):766-768. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_434_18.

Authors

Ankita Baidya¹, Nitin Gupta¹, Ayan Basu¹, Parul Kodan¹, Karan Aggarwal², Chirom A Singh², Gagandeep Singh³, Manish Soneja⁴, Immaculata Xess³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine and Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
² Department of E.N.T, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
³ Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
⁴ Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Abstract

Fungal rhinosinusitis is not very uncommon in diabetic patients, but Scedosporium apiospermum as a cause of this infection is rare. We report a case of fungal rhinosinusitis by Scedosporium spp. in a diabetic male along with literature review. The patient is on voriconazole, with adequate therapeutic response after 6 months of follow up.

Keywords: Diabetes; Scedosporium apiospermum; rhinosinusitis.

Publication types

Case Reports