scholarly journals Molecular Identification of Schizophyllum commune as a Cause of Allergic Fungal Sinusitis

2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 375-779 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eun Jeong Won ◽  
Jong Hee Shin ◽  
Sang Chul Lim ◽  
Myung Geun Shin ◽  
Soon Pal Suh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Identification ◽  
Schizophyllum Commune ◽  
Fungal Sinusitis ◽  
Allergic Fungal Sinusitis

Schizophyllum commune Sinusitis: A Case Report and Radiologic Findings

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 149-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian E. Emery ◽  
Arnold D. Oberle ◽  
Fleurette Abreo ◽  
Terry A. Day ◽  
Fred J. Stucker
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Sinusitis ◽  
Schizophyllum Commune ◽  
Sinus Surgery ◽  
Fungal Sinusitis ◽  
Mri Findings ◽  
Allergic Fungal Sinusitis ◽  
Common Chronic Disease ◽  
Radiologic Findings ◽  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mri ◽  
First Time

Chronic sinusitis is now considered the most common chronic disease seen in this country.1 The infections are commonly polymicrobial and include aerobes and anaerobes.2 Fungal sinusitis accounts for up to 10% of cases of chronic sinusitis, and the disease ranges from allergic fungal sinusitis through fungus balls to invasive fungal sinus disease.3,4 We report the case of a 19-year-old black female with nasal obstruction, clear rhinorrhea, and nasal polyps. She underwent endoscopic sinus surgery after medical management failed to eradicate her symptoms. Cultures from her paranasal sinuses grew S. commune, a mushroom, a member of the Basidiomycetes. There have been four prior reports of S. commune sinusitis described in the literature. Presented is a review of the literature, a description of the histologic, mycologic, and radiologic findings and suggested treatment. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings are presented here for the first time.

Schizophyllum commune: An unusual isolate from a patient with allergic fungal sinusitis

1996 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Clark ◽  
C.K. Campbell ◽  
A. Sandison ◽  
D.I. Choa
Keyword(s):  
Schizophyllum Commune ◽  
Fungal Sinusitis ◽  
Allergic Fungal Sinusitis

scholarly journals Allergic fungal sinusitis caused by Schizophyllum commune

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Liu ◽  
Hua Zou ◽  
Qiu-Jian Chen ◽  
Chang-Ming Lu
Keyword(s):  
Schizophyllum Commune ◽  
Fungal Sinusitis ◽  
Allergic Fungal Sinusitis

Mold testing by RAST and skin test methods in patients with allergic fungal sinusitis

1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (3) ◽  
pp. 252-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard L. Mabry ◽  
Bradley F. Marple ◽  
Cynthia S. Mabry
Keyword(s):  
Skin Test ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Fungal Sinusitis ◽  
Allergic Fungal Sinusitis

Ethnic and Gender Differences in Bone Erosion in Allergic Fungal Sinusitis

2004 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 397-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah K. Wise ◽  
Giridhar Venkatraman ◽  
Justin C. Wise ◽  
John M. DelGaudio
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Bone Erosion ◽  
Fungal Sinusitis ◽  
Allergic Fungal Sinusitis ◽  
And Gender

Allergic Fungal Sinusitis

2010 ◽  
pp. 127-135
Author(s):  
Matthew W. Ryan ◽  
Bradley F. Marple
Keyword(s):  
Fungal Sinusitis ◽  
Allergic Fungal Sinusitis

Demonstration of Biofilm in Human Bacterial Chronic Rhinosinusitis

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 452-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Berrylin J. Ferguson ◽  
Donna B. Stolz
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Rhinosinusitis ◽  
Culture Media ◽  
Cellular Membrane ◽  
Anaerobic Growth ◽  
Bacterial Biofilms ◽  
Topical Steroids ◽  
Fungal Sinusitis ◽  
Allergic Fungal Sinusitis ◽  
Planktonic Bacteria ◽  
Transmission Electron

Background Bacterial biofilms may explain why some patients with bacterial chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) improve while on antibiotics but relapse after completion of the antibiotic. In the human host, biofilms exist as a community of bacteria surrounded by a glycocalyx that is adherent to a foreign body or a mucosal surface with impaired host defense. Biofilms generate planktonic, nonadherent bacterial forms that may metastasize infection and generate systemic illness. These planktonic bacteria are susceptible to antibiotics, unlike the adherent biofilm. Methods We reviewed four cases of CRS using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to assay for typical colony architecture of biofilms. Bacterial communities surrounded by a glycocalyx of inert cellular membrane materials consistent with a biofilm were shown in two patients. Results In the two patients without biofilm, a nonbacterial etiology was discovered (allergic fungal sinusitis) in one and in the other there was scant anaerobic growth on culture and the Gram stain was negative. Culture of the material from the biofilm grew Pseudomonas aeruginosa in both patients. Pseudomonas from the biofilm showed a glycocalyx, not present in Pseudomonas cultured for 72 hours on culture media. Both patients’ symptoms with bacterial biofilms were refractory to culture-directed antibiotics, topical steroids, and nasal lavages. Surgery resulted in cure or significant improvement. Conclusion Biofilms are refractory to antibiotics and often only cured by mechanical debridement. We believe this is the first TEM documentation of bacterial biofilms in CRS in humans.

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