Disseminated Nannizziopsis obscura infection in a renal transplant patient- The first reported case

This is a presentation of a case of disseminated fungal infection in a renal transplant patient with Nannizziopsis obscura, a species not previously reported as having caused disseminated disease in humans and not previously reported in the UK. The fungus was isolated from a intramuscular collection...

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Autores principales: Baggott, Amy, McGann, Hugh, Barton, Richard, Ratner, Jennifer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5479955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28664030
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.06.002
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description This is a presentation of a case of disseminated fungal infection in a renal transplant patient with Nannizziopsis obscura, a species not previously reported as having caused disseminated disease in humans and not previously reported in the UK. The fungus was isolated from a intramuscular collection and from a lymph node. The patient responded well to a course of posaconazole.
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spelling pubmed-54799552017-06-29 Disseminated Nannizziopsis obscura infection in a renal transplant patient- The first reported case Baggott, Amy McGann, Hugh Barton, Richard Ratner, Jennifer Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report This is a presentation of a case of disseminated fungal infection in a renal transplant patient with Nannizziopsis obscura, a species not previously reported as having caused disseminated disease in humans and not previously reported in the UK. The fungus was isolated from a intramuscular collection and from a lymph node. The patient responded well to a course of posaconazole. Elsevier 2017-06-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5479955/ /pubmed/28664030 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.06.002 Text en © 2017 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Disseminated Nannizziopsis obscura infection in a renal transplant patient- The first reported case
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title_full Disseminated Nannizziopsis obscura infection in a renal transplant patient- The first reported case
title_fullStr Disseminated Nannizziopsis obscura infection in a renal transplant patient- The first reported case
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title_short Disseminated Nannizziopsis obscura infection in a renal transplant patient- The first reported case
title_sort disseminated nannizziopsis obscura infection in a renal transplant patient- the first reported case
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5479955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28664030
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.06.002
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