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Kneiffiella palmae: A non-Aspergillus fungal infection isolated from a pulmonary nodule in a child with chronic granulomatous disease

We report the first known human case of Kneiffiella palmae in the medical literature. K. palmae was isolated from a pulmonary nodule in a 7-year-old male with chronic granulomatous disease. The mold was identified as K. palmae at a national reference laboratory, where 17 other human respiratory samp...

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Autores principales: Ituarte, Bianca E., Cañete-Gibas, Connie, Wiederhold, Nathan P., Olarte, Liset
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10495388/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37706048
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2023.08.001
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Sumario:We report the first known human case of Kneiffiella palmae in the medical literature. K. palmae was isolated from a pulmonary nodule in a 7-year-old male with chronic granulomatous disease. The mold was identified as K. palmae at a national reference laboratory, where 17 other human respiratory samples tested positive for K. palmae from 2013 to 2021. Optimal antimicrobial treatment is unknown, but azoles and amphotericin B demonstrated in vitro activity against each tested isolate.