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Disseminated Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by Curvularia tuberculata in a Previously Healthy Man

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Disseminated phaeohyphomycosis is an extremely rare clinical syndrome, especially in a host without apparent immunological defect. Here, we report a case of disseminated phaeohyphomycosis in a 22-year-old previously healthy man who showed nonmassive hemoptysis from diffuse lung nodules and cavities, together with a hard palate ulcer and generalized subcutaneous nodules. Histopathology, cultures and subsequent molecular assay from two different sites confirmed Curvularia tuberculata infection. The patient was successfully treated with amphotericin B and itraconazole.

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    Vasin Vasikasin, Worapong Nasomsong, Chutika Srisuttiyakorn, Wat Mitthamsiri, Nittha Oer-Areemitr & Dhitiwat Changpradub

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Vasikasin, V., Nasomsong, W., Srisuttiyakorn, C. et al. Disseminated Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by Curvularia tuberculata in a Previously Healthy Man. Mycopathologia 184, 321–325 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-019-00323-0

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