Emmonsia helica Infection in HIV-Infected Man, California, USA

Emmonsia-like fungi have rarely been reported from North America. We report a fatal case of E. helica infection in a man with advanced HIV infection from California, USA, who had progressive respiratory failure and a brain abscess.

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Autores principales: Rofael, Martin, Schwartz, Ilan S., Sigler, Lynne, Kong, Li K., Nelson, Nicholas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5749451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29260669
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2401.170558
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Kong, Li K.
Nelson, Nicholas
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spelling pubmed-57494512018-01-17 Emmonsia helica Infection in HIV-Infected Man, California, USA Rofael, Martin Schwartz, Ilan S. Sigler, Lynne Kong, Li K. Nelson, Nicholas Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Emmonsia-like fungi have rarely been reported from North America. We report a fatal case of E. helica infection in a man with advanced HIV infection from California, USA, who had progressive respiratory failure and a brain abscess. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5749451/ /pubmed/29260669 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2401.170558 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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Rofael, Martin
Schwartz, Ilan S.
Sigler, Lynne
Kong, Li K.
Nelson, Nicholas
Emmonsia helica Infection in HIV-Infected Man, California, USA
title Emmonsia helica Infection in HIV-Infected Man, California, USA
title_full Emmonsia helica Infection in HIV-Infected Man, California, USA
title_fullStr Emmonsia helica Infection in HIV-Infected Man, California, USA
title_full_unstemmed Emmonsia helica Infection in HIV-Infected Man, California, USA
title_short Emmonsia helica Infection in HIV-Infected Man, California, USA
title_sort emmonsia helica infection in hiv-infected man, california, usa
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5749451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29260669
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2401.170558
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