Fatal Emmonsia sp. Infection and Fungemia after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

We report a fatal case of disseminated Emmonsia sp. infection in a 55-year-old man who received an orthotopic liver transplant. The patient had pneumonia and fungemia, and multisystem organ failure developed. As human habitats and the number of immunocompromised patients increase, physicians must be...

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Autores principales: Kappagoda, Shanthi, Adams, Jason Y., Luo, Robert, Banaei, Niaz, Concepcion, Waldo, Ho, Dora Y.
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5324819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28098544
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2302.160799
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author Kappagoda, Shanthi
Adams, Jason Y.
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Banaei, Niaz
Concepcion, Waldo
Ho, Dora Y.
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description We report a fatal case of disseminated Emmonsia sp. infection in a 55-year-old man who received an orthotopic liver transplant. The patient had pneumonia and fungemia, and multisystem organ failure developed. As human habitats and the number of immunocompromised patients increase, physicians must be aware of this emerging fungal infection.
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spelling pubmed-53248192017-02-24 Fatal Emmonsia sp. Infection and Fungemia after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation Kappagoda, Shanthi Adams, Jason Y. Luo, Robert Banaei, Niaz Concepcion, Waldo Ho, Dora Y. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We report a fatal case of disseminated Emmonsia sp. infection in a 55-year-old man who received an orthotopic liver transplant. The patient had pneumonia and fungemia, and multisystem organ failure developed. As human habitats and the number of immunocompromised patients increase, physicians must be aware of this emerging fungal infection. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5324819/ /pubmed/28098544 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2302.160799 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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Fatal Emmonsia sp. Infection and Fungemia after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
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title_full Fatal Emmonsia sp. Infection and Fungemia after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
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title_short Fatal Emmonsia sp. Infection and Fungemia after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5324819/
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