Primary intranasal Fusarium infection. Potential for confusion with rhinocerebral zygomycosis.
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Valenstein, P; Schell, WA
Published in: Arch Pathol Lab Med
August 1986
Fusarium species are saprophytic fungi that may colonize human skin and nails and may rarely cause invasive infections in traumatized tissue and in debilitated and immunocompromised patients. We report herein a case of invasive intranasal Fusarium oxysporum infection in a diabetic patient. This unusual presentation potentially can be confused with early rhinocerebral zygomycosis clinically and histologically. Distinguishing morphologic features and the possible role of diabetes in promoting this infection are discussed.
Duke Scholars
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Arch Pathol Lab Med
ISSN
0003-9985
Publication Date
August 1986
Volume
110
Issue
8
Start / End Page
751 / 754
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Sigmoid Neoplasms
- Pathology
- Nose Diseases
- Mycoses
- Middle Aged
- Humans
- Fusarium
- Female
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Diabetes Complications
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Valenstein, P., & Schell, W. A. (1986). Primary intranasal Fusarium infection. Potential for confusion with rhinocerebral zygomycosis. Arch Pathol Lab Med, 110(8), 751–754.
Valenstein, P., and W. A. Schell. “Primary intranasal Fusarium infection. Potential for confusion with rhinocerebral zygomycosis.” Arch Pathol Lab Med 110, no. 8 (August 1986): 751–54.
Valenstein P, Schell WA. Primary intranasal Fusarium infection. Potential for confusion with rhinocerebral zygomycosis. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1986 Aug;110(8):751–4.
Valenstein, P., and W. A. Schell. “Primary intranasal Fusarium infection. Potential for confusion with rhinocerebral zygomycosis.” Arch Pathol Lab Med, vol. 110, no. 8, Aug. 1986, pp. 751–54.
Valenstein P, Schell WA. Primary intranasal Fusarium infection. Potential for confusion with rhinocerebral zygomycosis. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1986 Aug;110(8):751–754.
Published In
Arch Pathol Lab Med
ISSN
0003-9985
Publication Date
August 1986
Volume
110
Issue
8
Start / End Page
751 / 754
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Sigmoid Neoplasms
- Pathology
- Nose Diseases
- Mycoses
- Middle Aged
- Humans
- Fusarium
- Female
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Diabetes Complications