Fusarium malignant otitis externa in an immunocompetent host

Sarun Prakairungthong; Suvajana Atipas; Yong Rongrungruang; Popchai Ngamskulrungroj; Cheerasook Chongkolwatana

Otolaryngology Case Reports (Sep 2020)

Fusarium malignant otitis externa in an immunocompetent host

Sarun Prakairungthong,
Suvajana Atipas,
Yong Rongrungruang,
Popchai Ngamskulrungroj,
Cheerasook Chongkolwatana

Affiliations

Sarun Prakairungthong: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10700, Thailand
Suvajana Atipas: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10700, Thailand; Corresponding author.
Yong Rongrungruang: Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10700, Thailand
Popchai Ngamskulrungroj: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10700, Thailand
Cheerasook Chongkolwatana: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10700, Thailand

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16
p. 100205

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A 77-year-old immunocompetent man was clinically diagnosed with right malignant otitis externa. He had been receiving combined antibiotics for five months for another illness. No etiologic agent was identified from aural discharge culture. Tympanomastoidectomy was done after no response was seen to empirical antibiotics. Tissue culture revealed Fusarium species and he was successfully treated with voriconazole.

Published in Otolaryngology Case Reports

ISSN: 2468-5488 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Otorhinolaryngology
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/otolaryngology-case-reports/

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