Paecilomyces in an immune competent host

Paecilomyces species was first recognized to cause human disease in 1963. It is a rare cause of invasive fungal infection, with cases sporadically reported in immunocompromised patients. Here we report the first case of pulmonary Paecilomyces in an immunocompetent patient that was successfully treat...

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Autores principales: Batarseh, Rami Y., Shehata, Mena, Becker, Melinda Diane, Sigdel, Saroj, He, Peimei, Shweihat, Yousef R.
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Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7350128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32670792
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00885
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author Batarseh, Rami Y.
Shehata, Mena
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He, Peimei
Shweihat, Yousef R.
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description Paecilomyces species was first recognized to cause human disease in 1963. It is a rare cause of invasive fungal infection, with cases sporadically reported in immunocompromised patients. Here we report the first case of pulmonary Paecilomyces in an immunocompetent patient that was successfully treated with amphotericin B and posaconazole.
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spelling pubmed-73501282020-07-14 Paecilomyces in an immune competent host Batarseh, Rami Y. Shehata, Mena Becker, Melinda Diane Sigdel, Saroj He, Peimei Shweihat, Yousef R. IDCases Article Paecilomyces species was first recognized to cause human disease in 1963. It is a rare cause of invasive fungal infection, with cases sporadically reported in immunocompromised patients. Here we report the first case of pulmonary Paecilomyces in an immunocompetent patient that was successfully treated with amphotericin B and posaconazole. Elsevier 2020-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7350128/ /pubmed/32670792 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00885 Text en © 2020 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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Paecilomyces in an immune competent host
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7350128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32670792
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00885
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