Pseudomycosis due to opportunists: Lack of knowedge and diagnostic challenges

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https://doi.org/10.21615/cesmedicina.5125

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opportunistic infections, actinomyces, nocardia, prototheca, pseudomycosis

Abstract

Infections generated by microorganisms that look like fungi but are not fungal are called pseudomycosis. This review addresses pseudomycosis by more frequent opportunists: actinomicosis, botryomycosis, nocardiosis and prototechosis, from an etiological, epidemiological and clinical perspective. In addition, clinical and paraclinical tools are reviewed to facilitate diagnosis, and and treatment guides are updated.

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Author Biographies

María Adelaida Garcés-Abad, Universidad CES

MD. Residente de Dermatología, segundo año, miembro del grupo de investigación Dermatología, Universidad CES. 

Nora Cardona Castro, Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical

MD. MSc. PhD. Facultad de Medicina Universidad CES – Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical – CES.

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Published

2021-10-29

How to Cite

Garcés-Abad, M. A., & Cardona Castro, N. (2021). Pseudomycosis due to opportunists: Lack of knowedge and diagnostic challenges. CES Medicina, 35(3), 257–271. https://doi.org/10.21615/cesmedicina.5125

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