Emergomyces africanus: The Mimicking Fungus

A 31-year-old HIV-seropositive woman from Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, presented with a 3-month history of widespread umbilicated and ulcerated skin papules, plaques, and nodules. The skin lesions were biopsied and sent for histology and fungal culture; the cultured isolate was referred for...

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Autores principales: Moodley, Ameshin, Mosam, Anisa, Govender, Nelesh P., Mahabeer, Yesholata, Chateau, Antoinette Vanessa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6827449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31700857
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000497608
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author Moodley, Ameshin
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description A 31-year-old HIV-seropositive woman from Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, presented with a 3-month history of widespread umbilicated and ulcerated skin papules, plaques, and nodules. The skin lesions were biopsied and sent for histology and fungal culture; the cultured isolate was referred for molecular identification. Histology, fungal culture, and molecular testing confirmed that the dimorphic fungal pathogen Emergomyces africanus had caused a disseminated mycosis.
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spelling pubmed-68274492019-11-07 Emergomyces africanus: The Mimicking Fungus Moodley, Ameshin Mosam, Anisa Govender, Nelesh P. Mahabeer, Yesholata Chateau, Antoinette Vanessa Dermatopathology (Basel) Case Report A 31-year-old HIV-seropositive woman from Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, presented with a 3-month history of widespread umbilicated and ulcerated skin papules, plaques, and nodules. The skin lesions were biopsied and sent for histology and fungal culture; the cultured isolate was referred for molecular identification. Histology, fungal culture, and molecular testing confirmed that the dimorphic fungal pathogen Emergomyces africanus had caused a disseminated mycosis. S. Karger AG 2019-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6827449/ /pubmed/31700857 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000497608 Text en Copyright © 2019 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
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