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Case Reports
. 2007 Jul-Aug;28(4):254-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.08.017.

Scedosporium apiospermum otomycosis

Brian J Baumgartner  1 , Robert M Rakita, Douglas D Backous
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Scedosporium apiospermum otomycosis

Brian J Baumgartner et al. Am J Otolaryngol. 2007 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

We present a case of Scedosporium apiospermum otomycosis in an immunocompetent 62-year-old woman presumably inoculated as a child in Vietnam. She had life-long recurrent symptoms of chronic otomastoiditis and otorrhea. The organism was identified in an unexpected wound infection after a modified radical mastoidectomy done for chronic otitis media. Treatment consisted of local debridement of necrotic tissue, topical wound care, and long-term systemic antifungals.

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