Cerebral Aspergillosis Caused by Neosartorya hiratsukae, Brazil

We report the first case of infection by Neosartorya hiratsukae, an ascomycete in which the conidial state resembles Aspergillus fumigatus. The fungus caused a brain infection in a Brazilian woman, who died despite itraconazole treatment. Diagnosis was established by direct microscopic examination,...

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Autores principales: Guarro, Josep, Kallas, Esper G., Godoy, Patricio, Karenina, Anna, Gené, Josepa, Stchigel, Alberto, Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732550/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12194781
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0809.020073

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732550/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12194781
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0809.020073

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