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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
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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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description 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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spelling pubmed-58479652018-03-14 First description of a local Coprinopsis cinerea skin and soft tissue infection Correa-Martinez, C. Brentrup, A. Hess, K. Becker, K. Groll, A.H. Schaumburg, F. New Microbes New Infect First Clinical Case Report 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. Elsevier 2017-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5847965/ /pubmed/29541477 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2017.11.008 Text en © 2017 The Authors 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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