TY - JOUR AU - Álvarez, Jaime PY - 2017/09/28 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Infection with Drechslera hawaiiensis. Case report and literature review JF - Revista Estomatología JA - Rev Estomatol VL - 19 IS - 2 SE - Case Report DO - 10.25100/re.v19i2.5731 UR - https://estomatologia.univalle.edu.co/index.php/revista_estomatologia/article/view/5731 SP - AB - <p>This article reports an orofacial&nbsp;infection caused by Drechslera hawaiiensis that normally is mortal to the patient. The case was&nbsp;surgically treated in Cali - Colombia in 1984 by teeth removal, and osteototomy of affected bone in&nbsp;the hard palate and the base of the vomer bone. Twenty years later the patient resulted infected by&nbsp;Dreschslera curvularia but survived both infections. A literature review (Pubmed - 2011) showed that&nbsp;only another case report by Drechslera hawaiiensis the patient survived. This other case was&nbsp;reported in the Anderson Hospital Institute in 1984. It is unknown if there is a chronic infection&nbsp;stage and the transmission mode of this pathogen. In patients with chronic symptoms affecting the&nbsp;paranasal sinuses and nasal cavity it is possible to suspect this rare disease.</p><p><strong>Key words:</strong> Oral&nbsp;facial infection, mycotic infection, Drechslera hawaiiensis.</p> ER -