Phellinus tropicalis Abscesses in a Patient with Chronic Granulomatous Disease

• Published in: Journal of clinical immunology Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 130 - 133
• Main Authors: Ramesh, Manish, Resnick, Elena, Hui, Yiqun, Maglione, Paul J., Mehta, Harshna, Kattan, Jacob, Bouvier, Nicole M., LaBombardi, Vincent, Victor, Tanya R., Chaturvedi, Sudha, Cunningham-Rundles, Charlotte
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01.02.2014; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abscess - diagnosis; Abscess - drug therapy; Abscess - etiology; Astute Clinician Report; Basidiomycota - isolation & purification; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Granulomatous Disease, Chronic - complications; Humans; Immunology; Infectious Diseases; Inonotus; Internal Medicine; Male; Medical Microbiology; Mycoses - diagnosis; Mycoses - drug therapy; Mycoses - etiology; Phellinus; Retropharyngeal Abscess - diagnosis; Retropharyngeal Abscess - drug therapy; Retropharyngeal Abscess - etiology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Young Adult; Chronic granulomatous disease; abscess; voriconazole

Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD), caused by genetic defects in components of the phagocyte NADPH oxidase pathway, leads to recurrent life-threatening bacterial and invasive fungal infections. While a number of unique pathogens have been associated with this disease, the causative organisms may be...