Actinomortierella wolfii: Identity and pathology

Actinomortierella wolfii (Mortierellales), formerly Mortierella wolfii, is a causative agent of bovine systemic infection and abortion. Human infections caused by this species are extremely rare. Here, we present a case of a patient with B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL) who was diagnosed...

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Autores principales: Sigera, L.S.M., Ahmed, Sarah A., Al-Hatmi, Abdullah M.S., Welagedara, P.G.R.U.M., Jayasekera, P.I., de Hoog, Sybren
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9661437/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36393998
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2022.10.005
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Ahmed, Sarah A.
Al-Hatmi, Abdullah M.S.
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description Actinomortierella wolfii (Mortierellales), formerly Mortierella wolfii, is a causative agent of bovine systemic infection and abortion. Human infections caused by this species are extremely rare. Here, we present a case of a patient with B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL) who was diagnosed with a rhinocerebral infection caused by this fungus. Amphotericin treatment of the patient proved unsuccessful. This type of disease is otherwise nearly exclusively limited to members of the order Mucorales. The taxonomy of the causative agent is discussed.
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spelling pubmed-96614372022-11-15 Actinomortierella wolfii: Identity and pathology Sigera, L.S.M. Ahmed, Sarah A. Al-Hatmi, Abdullah M.S. Welagedara, P.G.R.U.M. Jayasekera, P.I. de Hoog, Sybren Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Actinomortierella wolfii (Mortierellales), formerly Mortierella wolfii, is a causative agent of bovine systemic infection and abortion. Human infections caused by this species are extremely rare. Here, we present a case of a patient with B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL) who was diagnosed with a rhinocerebral infection caused by this fungus. Amphotericin treatment of the patient proved unsuccessful. This type of disease is otherwise nearly exclusively limited to members of the order Mucorales. The taxonomy of the causative agent is discussed. Elsevier 2022-11-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9661437/ /pubmed/36393998 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2022.10.005 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://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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de Hoog, Sybren
Actinomortierella wolfii: Identity and pathology
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9661437/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36393998
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2022.10.005
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