Journal of Lung Diseases & Treatment

Ravinder Kaur

Publications

• Research Article
  Invasive Fungal Rhinosinusitis: An Observational Study in an Indian Tertiary Care Hospital
  Author(s): Ravinder Kaur, Lavanya S, Nita Khurana, Achal Gulati and Megh Singh DhakadRavinder Kaur, Lavanya S, Nita Khurana, Achal Gulati and Megh Singh Dhakad
  
  Invasive fungal rhinosinusitis (IFRS) is a challenging condition and the mortality of IFRS in immuno compromised patients is very high. 75 patients of suspected FRS were included to study the burden and the clinicopathological and mycological profile of invasive fungal rhinosinusitis (FRS) in these patients. The samples collected were exudate from nasal debri, discharge and intraoperative tissue sample and were subjected to direct microscopy to histopathological examination and direct microscopy (KOH and calcofluor white) and culture on Sabouraud dextrose agar. Identification of molds and yeasts were done by conventional methods. 25 cases were suspected to have IFRS were confirmed by microbiological and histo pathological examination, comprising 56% of AIFRS (acute IFRS), 36% CIFRS (chronic IFRS) and 8% CGFRS (chronic granulomatous FRS). Rhizopus arrhizus (64.2%) was the most common i.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2472-1018.1000109

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