A Case of Invasive Gastrointestinal Mycotypha Infection in a Patient with Neutropenia

Gastrointestinal mucormycosis is a rare life-threatening infection to which neutropenic patients are especially vulnerable. Mycotypha microspora is a mucormycete that has not been described as a human pathogen. We discuss the successful eradication of gastrointestinal Mycotypha microspora in a neutr...

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Autores principales: Trachuk, Polina, Szymczak, Wendy A., Muscarella, Peter, Sarwar, Uzma N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6139221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30245896
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5864175
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author Trachuk, Polina
Szymczak, Wendy A.
Muscarella, Peter
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description Gastrointestinal mucormycosis is a rare life-threatening infection to which neutropenic patients are especially vulnerable. Mycotypha microspora is a mucormycete that has not been described as a human pathogen. We discuss the successful eradication of gastrointestinal Mycotypha microspora in a neutropenic patient with simultaneous pulmonary Aspergillus fumigatus infection.
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spelling pubmed-61392212018-09-23 A Case of Invasive Gastrointestinal Mycotypha Infection in a Patient with Neutropenia Trachuk, Polina Szymczak, Wendy A. Muscarella, Peter Sarwar, Uzma N. Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report Gastrointestinal mucormycosis is a rare life-threatening infection to which neutropenic patients are especially vulnerable. Mycotypha microspora is a mucormycete that has not been described as a human pathogen. We discuss the successful eradication of gastrointestinal Mycotypha microspora in a neutropenic patient with simultaneous pulmonary Aspergillus fumigatus infection. Hindawi 2018-09-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6139221/ /pubmed/30245896 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5864175 Text en Copyright © 2018 Polina Trachuk et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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A Case of Invasive Gastrointestinal Mycotypha Infection in a Patient with Neutropenia
title A Case of Invasive Gastrointestinal Mycotypha Infection in a Patient with Neutropenia
title_full A Case of Invasive Gastrointestinal Mycotypha Infection in a Patient with Neutropenia
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title_short A Case of Invasive Gastrointestinal Mycotypha Infection in a Patient with Neutropenia
title_sort case of invasive gastrointestinal mycotypha infection in a patient with neutropenia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6139221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30245896
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5864175
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