First description of a local Coprinopsis cinerea skin and soft tissue infection

Coprinopsis cinerea is an environmental fungus which can cause disseminated infections in immunocompromised patients, often leading to death. Here we report the case of a paediatric patient with an invasive wound infection due to C. cinerea, which was successfully treated with surgical debridement a...

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Autores principales: Correa-Martinez, C., Brentrup, A., Hess, K., Becker, K., Groll, A.H., Schaumburg, F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
Materias:
First Clinical Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5847965/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29541477
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2017.11.008
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Sumario:Coprinopsis cinerea is an environmental fungus which can cause disseminated infections in immunocompromised patients, often leading to death. Here we report the case of a paediatric patient with an invasive wound infection due to C. cinerea, which was successfully treated with surgical debridement and oral posaconazole.

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