Rigidoporus corticola Colonization and Invasive Fungal Disease in Immunocompromised Patients, United States

Autor: Alvaro C. Laga, Jessica W. Crothers, Connie F. Cañete-Gibas, Nathan P. Wiederhold, Isaac H. Solomon
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
Předmět:
Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 28, Iss 4, Pp 856-859 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid2804.211987
Popis: We report 2 cases of Rigidoporus corticola (Oxyporus corticola) infection in humans in the United States. Clinical manifestations consisted of angioinvasive fungal sinusitis in 1 patient and pulmonary intracavitary fungus ball in the other patient. These cases illustrate previously undescribed clinicopathologic manifestations of infection by this filamentous basidiomycete in humans.
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals