Primary invasive laryngeal mycosis in an immunocompetent patient: a case report and clinico-epidemiological update.
Supram Hosuru SubramanyaJoseph JillwinShivaprakash Mandya RudramurthyKrishna Chandra RijalNiranjan NayakArunaloke ChakrabartiArnab GhoshPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2018)
Since last few decades, cases of primary laryngeal aspergillosis in immunocompetent individuals are on the rise, globally. This is the first case of invasive laryngeal aspergillosis reported in Nepal. The extraction of DNA from tissue and sequencing helps to identify the etiological agent, when culture fails to isolate the fungus.