Alternaria alternata infection causing rhinosinusitis and orbital involvement in an immunocompetent patient

Z Hattab; N Ben Lasfar; M Abid; F Bellazreg; A Fathallah; W Hachfi; A Letaief

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2019.100561

Alternaria alternata infection causing rhinosinusitis and orbital involvement in an immunocompetent patient

New Microbes New Infect. 2019 May 16:32:100561. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2019.100561. eCollection 2019 Nov.

Authors

Z Hattab¹, N Ben Lasfar¹, M Abid¹, F Bellazreg¹, A Fathallah², W Hachfi¹, A Letaief¹

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases Department, CHU Farhat Hached Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia.
² Parasitology and Mycology Department, CHU Farhat Hached Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia.

Abstract

Invasive fungal rhinosinusitis is a rare infection that occurs primarily in immunocompromised patients. The fungal pathogen Alternaria alternata is rarely associated with rhinosinusitis. We report a case of A. alternata rhinosinusitis in an immunocompetent patient.

Keywords: Cerebral parenchyma; fungus; mycelian filaments; sinus.

Publication types

Case Reports