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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2001, p. 740-742, Vol. 39, No. 2
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.2.740-742.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Maxillary Sinusitis Caused by Actinomucor elegans

Graciela Davel,1,* Patricia Featherston,2 Anibal Fernández,2 Ruben Abrantes,1 Cristina Canteros,1 Laura Rodero,1 Carlos Sztern,3 and Diego Perrotta1

Departamento Micología, INEI, ANLIS Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán, Buenos Aires,1 and Hospital San Juan de Dios2 and Fundación José María Mainetti, Centro Oncológico,3 La Plata, Argentina

Received 11 August 2000/Returned for modification 19 September 2000/Accepted 16 November 2000

We report the first case of maxillary sinusitis caused by Actinomucor elegans in an 11-year-old patient. Histopathological and mycological examinations of surgical maxillary sinuses samples showed coenocytic hyphae characteristic of mucoraceous fungi. The fungi recovered had stolons and rhizoids, nonapophyseal and globose sporangia, and whorled branched sporangiophores and was identified as A. elegans. After surgical cleaning and chemotherapy with amphotericin B administered intravenously and by irrigation, the patient became asymptomatic and the mycological study results were negative.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Departamento Micología, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas, ANLIS Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán, Av. Velez Sarsfield 563 (1281), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Phone: 54-11-4302-5066. Fax: 54-11-4302-5066. E-mail: gdavel{at}anlis.gov.ar.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2001, p. 740-742, Vol. 39, No. 2
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.2.740-742.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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