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Case Reports
. 2003 Oct;41(10):4779-82.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4779-4782.2003.

Exophiala oligosperma causing olecranon bursitis

A D Bossler  1 , S S Richter, A J Chavez, S A Vogelgesang, D A Sutton, A M Grooters, M G Rinaldi, G S de Hoog, M A Pfaller
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Case Reports

Exophiala oligosperma causing olecranon bursitis

A D Bossler et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Oct.

Abstract

A 62-year-old male with a history of Wegener's granulomatosis and immunosuppressive therapy presented with chronic olecranon bursitis. A black velvety mould with brown septate hyphae and tapered annellides was isolated from a left elbow bursa aspirate and was identified as an Exophiala species. Internal transcribed sequence rRNA sequencing showed the isolate to be identical to Exophiala oligosperma. The patient was successfully treated with aspiration and intrabursal amphotericin B.

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FIG. 1.
Growth of E. oligosperma on potato flake agar for 16 days at 25°C.
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True hyphae (top), inflated cells of pseudohyphae (left), and annelloconidia from prominent intercalary conidiogenous loci (right) of E. oligosperma.
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