RESUMO
Schizophyllum commune is widely distributed in the nature, but it rarely causes human infection. We have isolated this mould in a 46-year-old immunocompetent, non-diabetic patient with chronic sinusitis, previously treated with multiple antibiotics and topical steroid nasal drops with no response. Materials obtained from the nasal sinus during the endoscopic surgery, on KOH mount and histopathological study revealed broad septed hyaline hyphae. Growth on the Sabouraud's dextrose agar and potato dextrose agar produced white moulds with microscopic and macroscopic characters of S. commune. Till date there are few reports of S. commune sinusitis in immunocompetent individuals Worldwide. This is the first reported case in India to the best of our knowledge.
Assuntos
Biópsia , Doença Crônica , Meios de Cultura/química , Feminino , Histocitoquímica , Humanos , Índia , Microscopia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Micologia/métodos , Micoses/diagnóstico , Micoses/patologia , Schizophyllum/citologia , Schizophyllum/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Schizophyllum/isolamento & purificação , Sinusite/microbiologia , Sinusite/patologiaRESUMO
The authors report the isolation of the basidiomycete Schizophyllum commune in two enclosed areas of healthy facilities in the city of Panama. The growth occurred in Sabouraud's agar as a white mycelium which gradually rose above the surface of the culture medium until it became a fan-shaped basidiocarp. This basidiomycete is found in environmental samples, but since there have been reports of its role in pathologic processes it should be included in the etiologic differential diagnosis in some patients and clinical laboratory must identify it and not discard it as a [quot]contaminant[quot]