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J Pediatr Infect Dis 2010; 05(03): 293-296
DOI: 10.3233/JPI-2010-0247
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

Fungal dacryocystitis

Roxana Mansour Ghanaie
a   Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Infectious Research Center, Mofid Children Hospital, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
,
Abdollah Karimi
a   Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Infectious Research Center, Mofid Children Hospital, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
,
Alireza Fahimzad
a   Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Infectious Research Center, Mofid Children Hospital, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
,
Shahnaz Armin
a   Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Infectious Research Center, Mofid Children Hospital, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
,
Farideh Shiva
a   Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Infectious Research Center, Mofid Children Hospital, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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11 May 2009

01 December 2009

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28 July 2015 (online)

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Abstract

Herein we describe a previously healthy 3-year-old boy with chronic dacryocystitis. Deep biopsy from lesion showed chronic granulomatous inflammation with few branching mycelium in microscopic examination and Aspergillus flavus growth from its culture. In the neutropenic or otherwise immunocompromised patients, a high index of suspicion must be maintained to prevent rapidly progressive infection with Aspergillus. We could not find any predisposing factors in our patient.

Keywords

Dacryocystitis - Aspergillus flavus - fungal infection