Celulitis por Microascus trigonosporus (anamorfo Scopulariopsis trigonospora)
ISSN: 0304-4866, 1989-3922
Year of publication: 2013
Volume: 74
Issue: 2
Pages: 65-67
Type: Article
More publications in: Galicia Clínica
Abstract
Microascus trigonosporus (Anamorph Scopulariopsis trigonospora) is a cosmopolitan filamentous fungus that inhabits soil, feathers, plant material and insects. While Scopulariopsis is commonly considered as a contaminant fungus it may occasionally cause infections in humans, especially onychomycosis. Skin lesions, brain abscess, endocarditis, sinusitis and disseminated infections due to Scopulariopsis species have been rarely reported, usually in immunocompromised patients. Over the last few years opportunistic infections by Scopulariopsis species and other multi-resistant hyalohyphomycetes have been increasingly reported. No clear treatment regimen for Scopulariopsis species infections has been established yet. We present an exceptional case of cellulitis due to Microascus trigonosporus in a patient with prolonged steroid therapy.