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Urinary tract infection due to Fusarium oxysporum in an immunocompetent patient with chronic kidney disease

Infections due to Fusarium species are collectively referred to as fusariosis. Fusarium oxysporum has been reported to cause keratitis, onychomycosis, skin infections, catheter associated fungemia and has not been described as a cause of urinary tract infection. Here, we present the first case of fu...

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Autores principales: Khetan, Seema, Khetan, Prakash, Katkar, Venkatesh, Kusulkar, Minal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Editorial Department of Journal of Biomedical Research 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29569576
http://dx.doi.org/10.7555/JBR.32.20160128
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author Khetan, Seema
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description Infections due to Fusarium species are collectively referred to as fusariosis. Fusarium oxysporum has been reported to cause keratitis, onychomycosis, skin infections, catheter associated fungemia and has not been described as a cause of urinary tract infection. Here, we present the first case of fusariosis with urinary tract involvement in a 67 year old male, with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus. This case illustrates the ever increasing spectrum of rare but offending pathogenic fungi. Early diagnosis of infection with a specific pathogen may lead to changes in antifungal therapy and may be critical for an improved outcome.
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spelling pubmed-58955702018-04-13 Urinary tract infection due to Fusarium oxysporum in an immunocompetent patient with chronic kidney disease Khetan, Seema Khetan, Prakash Katkar, Venkatesh Kusulkar, Minal J Biomed Res Case Report Infections due to Fusarium species are collectively referred to as fusariosis. Fusarium oxysporum has been reported to cause keratitis, onychomycosis, skin infections, catheter associated fungemia and has not been described as a cause of urinary tract infection. Here, we present the first case of fusariosis with urinary tract involvement in a 67 year old male, with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus. This case illustrates the ever increasing spectrum of rare but offending pathogenic fungi. Early diagnosis of infection with a specific pathogen may lead to changes in antifungal therapy and may be critical for an improved outcome. Editorial Department of Journal of Biomedical Research 2018-03-26 2017-06-10 /pmc/articles/PMC5895570/ /pubmed/29569576 http://dx.doi.org/10.7555/JBR.32.20160128 Text en © 2018 by the Journal of Biomedical Research. All rights reserved /creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Khetan, Seema
Khetan, Prakash
Katkar, Venkatesh
Kusulkar, Minal
Urinary tract infection due to Fusarium oxysporum in an immunocompetent patient with chronic kidney disease
title Urinary tract infection due to Fusarium oxysporum in an immunocompetent patient with chronic kidney disease
title_full Urinary tract infection due to Fusarium oxysporum in an immunocompetent patient with chronic kidney disease
title_fullStr Urinary tract infection due to Fusarium oxysporum in an immunocompetent patient with chronic kidney disease
title_full_unstemmed Urinary tract infection due to Fusarium oxysporum in an immunocompetent patient with chronic kidney disease
title_short Urinary tract infection due to Fusarium oxysporum in an immunocompetent patient with chronic kidney disease
title_sort urinary tract infection due to fusarium oxysporum in an immunocompetent patient with chronic kidney disease
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29569576
http://dx.doi.org/10.7555/JBR.32.20160128
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