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ArticleMycopathologia2019

Deep Cutaneous Neoscytalidium dimidiatum Infection: Successful Outcome with Amphotericin B Therapy.

Shih-Jyun Yang, Chau-Yee Ng, Ting-Shu Wu, Po-Yen Huang, Yen-Mu Wu, Pei-Lun Sun

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Article in Mycopathologia, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shih-Jyun YangDepartment of Dermatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, No. 5, Fushin Street, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Chau-Yee NgDepartment of Dermatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, No. 5, Fushin Street, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Ting-Shu WuDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan.
Po-Yen HuangDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan.
Yen-Mu WuDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan.
Pei-Lun SunDepartment of Dermatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, No. 5, Fushin Street, Taoyuan, Taiwan. sunfungus@gmail.com.
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · TWChang Gung University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phaeohyphomycosis is a term used to describe a heterogenous group of cutaneous and systemic mycotic infections caused by melanized fungi. Many fungi have been reported as pathogens of this disease. The disease spectrum ranges from superficial cutaneous infections, deep cutaneous infections, to systemic infections with internal organ involvement. We report two cases of deep cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis on the foot clinically presenting as cellulitis with abscess formation. The pathogens were isolated from the lesion and both were identified as Neoscytalidium dimidiatum by their colony morphology, microscopic features, and sequences of internal transcribed spacers of ribosomal DNA. Both patients did not respond to the therapy with voriconazole and itraconazole, but improved after intravenous amphotericin B.

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AbscessAged, 80 and overAmphotericin BAntifungal AgentsAscomycotaCellulitisDermatomycosesDNA, FungalDNA, Ribosomal SpacerFemaleFootHumansMaleMicrobiological TechniquesMiddle AgedMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesAmphotericin BAntifungal AgentsDNA, FungalDNA, Ribosomal SpacerDeep fungal infectionNeoscytalidium dimidiatumPhaeohyphomycosisScytalidium dimidiatumSkin

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