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Isolation of Rhizopus microsporus and Lichtheimia corymbifera from tracheal aspirates of two immunocompetent critically ill patients with COVID-19
We describe two fatal cases of COVID-19 in which Rhizopus microsporus and Lichtheimia corymbifera were cultured from endotracheal aspirate samples. Both patients had no underlying comorbidities other than obesity. Despite antifungal therapy, both cases developed septic shock and progressive refracto...
Autores principales: | Fernández-García, Oscar, Guerrero-Torres, Lorena, Roman-Montes, Carla M., Rangel-Cordero, Andrea, Martínez-Gamboa, Areli, Ponce-de-Leon, Alfredo, Gonzalez-Lara, María F. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8268675/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34307008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2021.07.001 |
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