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Paecilomyces fungus infection of the maxillary sinus
Author(s) -
Rowley Steven D.,
Strom C. Gordon
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198203000-00020
Subject(s) - paecilomyces , sinusitis , fungus , surgical debridement , medicine , pathogen , debridement (dental) , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , botany
Paecilomyces is a fungus only recently recognized as a human pathogen. We describe the only known case of sinusitis to date due to such a fungus. The histologic characteristics of paecilomyces are presented, and based on a review of fungal sinusitis and a disease‐free 30 month follow‐up, the treatment of this entity is suggested to be conservative local surgical debridement and aeration.