Acute Appendicitis Due to <i>Malassezia restricta</i>

Jessica Brockman; Paul M. Gibbs; Hari Polenakovik; Dharmesh Gandhi; Mbaga Walusimbi

doi:10.1111/j.1439-0507.2011.02070.x

Acute Appendicitis Due to <i>Malassezia restricta</i>

Jessica Brockman, Paul M. Gibbs, Hari Polenakovik, Dharmesh Gandhi, Mbaga Walusimbi

Surgery

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Abstract

Case Report: Malassezia restricta exists as normal skin flora, but has not been reported in visceral infections. A case of acute appendicitis caused by M. restricta is described in an adult patient receiving systemic steroid therapy for asthma.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e13-e14
Journal	Mycoses
Volume	55
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0507.2011.02070.x
State	Published - Mar 2012

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Dermatology
Infectious Diseases

Keywords

Appendicitis/*microbiology
Malassezia/*isolation & purification
Mycoses/*microbiology
Anti-Asthmatic Agents/adverse effects
Appendectomy
Appendicitis/etiology
Asthma/drug therapy
Humans
Laparoscopy
Malassezia/genetics
Male
Middle Aged
Mycological Typing Techniques
Mycoses/complications
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Prednisone/adverse effects
RNA, Fungal/analysis
RNA, Ribosomal, 28S/analysis

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Surgery

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