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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
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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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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author Guarro, Josep
Kallas, Esper G.
Godoy, Patricio
Karenina, Anna
Gené, Josepa
Stchigel, Alberto
Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes
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description 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, computed tomographic scan, and magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, and repeated cultures from the lesions. The in vitro antifungal susceptibility of the isolate is provided.
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spelling pubmed-27325502009-09-16 Cerebral Aspergillosis Caused by Neosartorya hiratsukae, Brazil Guarro, Josep Kallas, Esper G. Godoy, Patricio Karenina, Anna Gené, Josepa Stchigel, Alberto Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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, computed tomographic scan, and magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, and repeated cultures from the lesions. The in vitro antifungal susceptibility of the isolate is provided. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-09 /pmc/articles/PMC2732550/ /pubmed/12194781 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0809.020073 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Guarro, Josep
Kallas, Esper G.
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Stchigel, Alberto
Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes
Cerebral Aspergillosis Caused by Neosartorya hiratsukae, Brazil
title Cerebral Aspergillosis Caused by Neosartorya hiratsukae, Brazil
title_full Cerebral Aspergillosis Caused by Neosartorya hiratsukae, Brazil
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title_short Cerebral Aspergillosis Caused by Neosartorya hiratsukae, Brazil
title_sort cerebral aspergillosis caused by neosartorya hiratsukae, brazil
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732550/
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