Ochroconis gallopava infection in a patient with chronic granulomatous disease: Case report and review of the literature

Medical Mycology

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 883-889

  Meriden, Zina ^a   Marr, Kieren A ^a   Lederman, Howard M ^a   Illei, Peter B ^a   Villa, Kathryn ^a   Riedel, Stefan ^a   Carroll, Karen C ^a   Zhang, Sean X ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic granulomatous disease; Dactylaria; Dematiaceous; O. constricta; Ochroconis; Ochroconis gallopava; Phaeohyphomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMPHOTERICIN B; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; ITRACONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; POSACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE SINUSITIS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG LESION; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOSIS; MYOFIBROBLAST; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; OCHROCONIS GALLOPAVA; OCHROCONIS GALLOPAVA INFECTION; RHINORRHEA; SIDE EFFECT; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA; WEDGE RESECTION; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOSES; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES;

DACTYLARIA; FUNGI; OCHROCONIS; OCHROCONIS CONSTRICTA; OCHROCONIS GALLOPAVA;

EID: 84867548952     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2012.681075     Document Type: Article

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