Emergence of disseminated infections due to geosmithia argillacea in patients with chronic granulomatous disease receiving long-term azole antifungal prophylaxis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1681-1683

  Machouart, Marie ^a,b   Garcia Hermoso, Dea ^c,d   Rivier, Alexandre ^a,b   Hassouni, Noura ^e   Catherinot, Emilie ^e   Salmon, Alexandra ^a   Debourgogne, Anne ^a,b   Coignard, Hélène ^e   Lecuit, Marc ^e   Bougnoux, Marie Elisabeth ^e   Blanche, Stéphane ^e   Lortholary, Olivier ^c,d,e  

^a CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANIDULAFUNGIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCYTOSINE; GALACTOMANNAN; GAMMA INTERFERON; ITRACONAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MICAFUNGIN; POSACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGENEIC PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GEOSMITHIA ARGILLACEA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOULD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHERMESINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS; SEIZURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN ABSCESS; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; AZOLES; CHEMOPREVENTION; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECHINOCANDINS; EUROTIALES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; NAPHTHALENES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRIAZOLES;

GEOSMITHIA ARGILLACEA;

EID: 79953875410     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02456-10     Document Type: Article

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