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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2009, p. 1259-1263, Vol. 47, No. 4
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01874-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Invasive Scytalidium dimidiatum Infection in an Immunocompetent Adult{triangledown}

Hila Elinav,1 Uzi Izhar,2 Shmuel Benenson,1* Dan Admon,3 Carlos Hidalgo-Grass,1 Itzhack Polacheck,1 and Maya Korem1

Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases,1 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery,2 Department of Cardiology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel3

Received 28 September 2008/ Returned for modification 15 January 2009/ Accepted 27 January 2009

Scytalidium dimidiatum, a dematiaceous fungus, has been well established as an agent of dermatomycosis. There are few reports of invasive infection caused by S. dimidiatum; most infections occurred in immunocompromised hosts. We present an immunocompetent patient with pleural S. dimidiatum infection and review nine other published cases of invasive S. dimidiatum infections.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, P.O. Box 12000, Jerusalem 91120, Israel. Phone: 972-2-6776543. Fax: 972-2-6419545. E-mail: Benenson{at}Hadassah.org.il

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 4 February 2009.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2009, p. 1259-1263, Vol. 47, No. 4
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01874-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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