J Med Microbiol 58 (2009), 1243-1246; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.008706-0
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ISSN 0022-2615
Systemic phaeohyphomycosis resembling primary sclerosing cholangitis caused by Exophiala dermatitidis
Erkin Oztas1,
Bulent Odemis1,
Murat Kekilli1,
Mevlut Kurt1,
Bedia Mert Dinc2,
Erkan Parlak1,
Ayse Kalkanci3 and
Nurgul Sasmaz1
1 Department of Gastroenterology, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
2 Microbiology Laboratory, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
3 Department of Medical Microbiology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Correspondence
Mevlut Kurt
dr.mevlutkurt{at}gmail.com
Received December 11, 2008
Accepted May 13, 2009
Exophiala dermatitidis, one of the saprophytic dematiaceous fungi, is a cause of local and disseminated phaeohyphomycosis. We report a case of systemic phaeohyphomycosis resembling sclerosing cholangitis caused by E. dermatitidis in a 24-year-old woman.
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