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[Bipolaris australiensis in a Spanish patient with allergic chronic sinusitis]
A del Palacio1, M Pérez-Simón, A Arribi
1Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, España.
Abstract:
Allergic fungal sinusitis is a disease that results from hypersensitivity reaction of the host against fungi colonizing the paranasal sinuses. A 36 years old Spanish man with no history of travel abroad had a history of asthma, nasal polyps, allergic rhinitis and a chronic sinusitis with nasal congestion and headaches. Computed tomography showed pansinusitis and opacification of the paranasal sinuses. A pure culture of Bipolaris australiensis was grown from sinus tissues. Infections caused by Bipolaris spp. and treatment regimes are discussed.
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