Emergomyces canadensis, a Dimorphic Fungus Causing Fatal Systemic Human Disease in North America

We report 4 patients in North America with disease caused by Emergomyces canadensis, a newly proposed species of pathogenic dimorphic fungus. Affected persons were immunocompromised; lived in Saskatchewan, Colorado, and New Mexico; and had systemic disease involving blood, skin, cervix, lung, and ly...

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Autores principales: Schwartz, Ilan S., Sanche, Stephen, Wiederhold, Nathan P., Patterson, Thomas F., Sigler, Lynne
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29553321
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2404.171765
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author Schwartz, Ilan S.
Sanche, Stephen
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Patterson, Thomas F.
Sigler, Lynne
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description We report 4 patients in North America with disease caused by Emergomyces canadensis, a newly proposed species of pathogenic dimorphic fungus. Affected persons were immunocompromised; lived in Saskatchewan, Colorado, and New Mexico; and had systemic disease involving blood, skin, cervix, lung, and lymph node. Two cases were fatal.
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spelling pubmed-58752892018-04-06 Emergomyces canadensis, a Dimorphic Fungus Causing Fatal Systemic Human Disease in North America Schwartz, Ilan S. Sanche, Stephen Wiederhold, Nathan P. Patterson, Thomas F. Sigler, Lynne Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report 4 patients in North America with disease caused by Emergomyces canadensis, a newly proposed species of pathogenic dimorphic fungus. Affected persons were immunocompromised; lived in Saskatchewan, Colorado, and New Mexico; and had systemic disease involving blood, skin, cervix, lung, and lymph node. Two cases were fatal. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5875289/ /pubmed/29553321 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2404.171765 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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Emergomyces canadensis, a Dimorphic Fungus Causing Fatal Systemic Human Disease in North America
title Emergomyces canadensis, a Dimorphic Fungus Causing Fatal Systemic Human Disease in North America
title_full Emergomyces canadensis, a Dimorphic Fungus Causing Fatal Systemic Human Disease in North America
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title_short Emergomyces canadensis, a Dimorphic Fungus Causing Fatal Systemic Human Disease in North America
title_sort emergomyces canadensis, a dimorphic fungus causing fatal systemic human disease in north america
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875289/
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