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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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Scedosporium apiospermum, an emerging pathogen in India: Case series and review of literature
Dabet Rynga1, Malini R Capoor2, Swati Varshney2, Mayuresh Naik3, V Gupta3
1 Departments of Microbiology, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi; Department of Microbiology and Pathology, NEIAH, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
2 Department of Microbiology, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
3 Department of Ophthalmology, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Malini R Capoor
Department of Microbiology, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi - 110 029
India
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DOI: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_742_16
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Scedosporium apiospermum is a rare cause of infection but is increasingly being reported among immunocompromised individuals around the world. We report two cases of S. apiospermum, one of keratitis and the other of nasal polyp both from immunocompetent patients. The two cases were successfully treated with voriconazole. It is important to diagnose such infections as their antifungal susceptibility to amphotericin B is variable.
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