Relatamos um caso de eumicetoma por grão branco causado por Scedosporium apiospermum em um hospedeiro imunocompetente que foi tratado com voriconazol oral e revisamos a literatura brasileira sobre scedosporiose.
Relatamos um caso de eumicetoma por grão branco causado por Scedosporium apiospermum em um hospedeiro imunocompetente que foi tratado com voriconazol oral e revisamos a literatura brasileira sobre scedosporiose.
Case (Ref.) | Age/Gender | Diagnostic specimen | Associated diseases | Type of infection | Treatment/Outcome |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 (17) | 65/M | Lung tissue | Active tuberculosis | Lung fungus ball | None/Death |
2 (3) | 38/M | Soft tissue | None | Mycetoma-like infection | None/Improved |
3 (8) | Not done | Lung and brain tissue | Leukemia | Brain and lung abcesses | None/Death |
4 (9) | 45/M | Soft tissue | Diabetes and renal transplant recipient | Subcutaneous nodule | Surgical resection and Itraconazole/Cure |
5 | 73/F | Soft tissue | Breast carcinoma | Subcutaneous ulcerated lesion | None/death |
6 (18) | 66/F | Soft tissue | None | Subcutaneous nodule | Itraconazole/Cure |
7 (11) | 40/M | Maxillary sinus tissue | Bone marrow transplantation | Sinusitis | Amphotericin B, itraconazole/Death |
8 (19) | 41/F | Lung tissue | Cured tuberculosis, Diabetes | Lung fungus ball | Ketoconazole/Death |
9 (20) | 12/M | Peritoneal effusion | End stage renal disease | Peritonitis | None/Improved |
10 | 45/M | Lung tissue | Cured tuberculosis | Lung fungus ball | Surgery/Cure |
11 | 36/F | Lung tissue | diabetes | Lung fungus ball | Surgery/Cure |
12 | 57/F | Lung tissue | Cured tuberculosis | Lung fungus ball | Surgery/Cure |
13 (21) | 66/M | Maxillary sinus tissue | None | Maxillary sinus fungus ball | Surgery/Cure |
14 (5) | 32/M | Spinal fluid | Near drowning | Central nervous system | Fluconazole, amphotericin B/Death |
15 | 58/F | Soft tissue | None | Eumycetoma | Itraconazole, Voriconazole/Cure |