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J Med Microbiol 58 (2009), 674-677; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.002188-0
© 2009 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 0022-2615

Case Report

Liver cirrhosis caused by Exophiala dermatitidis

Ki Ho Hong1, Jeong Won Kim2, Se Jin Jang2, Eunsil Yu2 and Eui-Chong Kim1

1 Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

2 Department of Pathology, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Correspondence
Eui-Chong Kim
euichong{at}snu.ac.kr

Received March 28, 2008
Accepted January 16, 2009

We report a case of liver cirrhosis caused by Exophiala dermatitidis in a previously healthy child. The infecting organism was initially mistaken as capsule-deficient Cryptococcus neoformans.

Abbreviations: CDCN, capsule-deficient Cryptococcus neoformans; CT, computed tomography; FMS, Fontana–Masson stain.






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