Liver cirrhosis caused by Exophiala dermatitidis

J Med Microbiol. 2009 May;58(Pt 5):674-677. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.002188-0.

Abstract

We report a case of liver cirrhosis caused by Exophiala dermatitidis in a previously healthy child. The infecting organism was initially mistaken as capsule-deficient Cryptococcus neoformans.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Domestic
  • Biopsy
  • Child
  • Cricetinae
  • Cryptococcosis / diagnosis
  • Cryptococcus neoformans
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Exophiala* / growth & development
  • Exophiala* / isolation & purification
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis / microbiology*
  • Liver Cirrhosis / pathology
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Mycoses / pathology*