Fusarium solani breast abscess.
Indian J Med Microbiol
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2005 Jul; 23(3): 198-9
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-53508
ABSTRACT
An unusual manifestation of breast fusariosis was encountered in a 55-year-old female diabetic patient. Two fine needle aspirates (FNA) from the abscess were done at three days interval and they showed hyaline, septate, branched, fungal hyphae in 10% potassium hydroxide mount. Fungal infection was confirmed by demonstrating the fungal hyphae in the midst of lymphocytes, macrophages and neutrophils in Leishman stained smears. Culture of both FNAs yielded a heavy and pure growth of Fusarium solani. The patient responded to oral ketoconazole 200 mg once daily for 3 weeks. The breast fusariosis reported here is presumably the first case in India.
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Main subject:
Breast Diseases
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Female
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Humans
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Abscess
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Fusarium
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Ketoconazole
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Middle Aged
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Mycoses
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Antifungal Agents
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Med Microbiol
Journal subject:
Microbiology
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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