Fatal cokeromyces recurvatus pneumonia: Report of a case highlighting the potential for histopathologic misdiagnosis as coccidioides

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 373-376

  Ryan, Lori J ^a   Ferrieri, Patricia ^a   Powell Jr , Ralph D ^a   Paddock, Christopher D ^b   Zaki, Sherif R ^b   Pambuccian, Stefan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidioides immitis; Cokeromyces recurvatus pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COKEROMYCES RECURVATUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SPUTUM CULTURE; ZYGOMYCETES;

AGED; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MUCORALES; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 79955071285     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: 19402465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896908330483     Document Type: Article

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