Systemic phaeohyphomycosis resembling primary sclerosing cholangitis caused by Exophiala dermatitidis

J Med Microbiol. 2009 Sep;58(Pt 9):1243-1246. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.008706-0. Epub 2009 Jun 15.

Abstract

Exophiala dermatitidis, one of the saprophytic dematiaceous fungi, is a cause of local and disseminated phaeohyphomycosis. We report a case of systemic phaeohyphomycosis resembling sclerosing cholangitis caused by E. dermatitidis in a 24-year-old woman.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cholangitis, Sclerosing / diagnosis
  • Cholangitis, Sclerosing / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Exophiala*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lymph Nodes / microbiology
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Mycoses / diagnosis
  • Mycoses / drug therapy
  • Mycoses / microbiology*
  • Mycoses / pathology
  • Pyrimidines / therapeutic use
  • Triazoles / therapeutic use
  • Voriconazole
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Pyrimidines
  • Triazoles
  • Amphotericin B
  • Voriconazole