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A case report of intramuscular abscess secondary to Epicoccum nigrum infection / Nurul Azira Mohd Shah … [et al.]

A 36-year-old man with underlying chronic lymphocytic leukemia had left arm swelling for a duration of 3 months. Clinically, the affected arm was swollen, erythematous and tender. Epicoccum nigrum was isolated from the culture of the tissue that was obtained intra-operatively. He was treated and res...

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Main Author: Mohd Shah, Nurul Azira
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Medicine 2015
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spelling my.uitm.ir.171402019-08-14T08:11:06Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17140/ A case report of intramuscular abscess secondary to Epicoccum nigrum infection / Nurul Azira Mohd Shah … [et al.] Mohd Shah, Nurul Azira A 36-year-old man with underlying chronic lymphocytic leukemia had left arm swelling for a duration of 3 months. Clinically, the affected arm was swollen, erythematous and tender. Epicoccum nigrum was isolated from the culture of the tissue that was obtained intra-operatively. He was treated and responded to voriconazole therapy. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of intramuscular abscess as a result of E. nigrum infection in an immunocompromised patient. Faculty of Medicine 2015 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17140/2/AJ_NURUL%20AZIRA%20MOHD%20SHAH%20JCHS%2016.pdf Mohd Shah, Nurul Azira (2015) A case report of intramuscular abscess secondary to Epicoccum nigrum infection / Nurul Azira Mohd Shah … [et al.]. Journal of Clinical and Health Sciences, 1 (2). pp. 48-51. ISSN 0127-984X
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description A 36-year-old man with underlying chronic lymphocytic leukemia had left arm swelling for a duration of 3 months. Clinically, the affected arm was swollen, erythematous and tender. Epicoccum nigrum was isolated from the culture of the tissue that was obtained intra-operatively. He was treated and responded to voriconazole therapy. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of intramuscular abscess as a result of E. nigrum infection in an immunocompromised patient.
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author Mohd Shah, Nurul Azira
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A case report of intramuscular abscess secondary to Epicoccum nigrum infection / Nurul Azira Mohd Shah … [et al.]
author_facet Mohd Shah, Nurul Azira
author_sort Mohd Shah, Nurul Azira
title A case report of intramuscular abscess secondary to Epicoccum nigrum infection / Nurul Azira Mohd Shah … [et al.]
title_short A case report of intramuscular abscess secondary to Epicoccum nigrum infection / Nurul Azira Mohd Shah … [et al.]
title_full A case report of intramuscular abscess secondary to Epicoccum nigrum infection / Nurul Azira Mohd Shah … [et al.]
title_fullStr A case report of intramuscular abscess secondary to Epicoccum nigrum infection / Nurul Azira Mohd Shah … [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed A case report of intramuscular abscess secondary to Epicoccum nigrum infection / Nurul Azira Mohd Shah … [et al.]
title_sort case report of intramuscular abscess secondary to epicoccum nigrum infection / nurul azira mohd shah … [et al.]
publisher Faculty of Medicine
publishDate 2015
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17140/2/AJ_NURUL%20AZIRA%20MOHD%20SHAH%20JCHS%2016.pdf
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