Invasive Scopulariopsis brevicaulis infection in an immunocompromised patient and review of prior cases caused by Scopulariopsis and Microascus species

Medical Mycology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 561-569

  Iwen, Peter C ^a   Schutte, Stephanie D ^a   Florescu, Diana F ^a   Noel Hurst, Rhonda K ^a   Sigler, Lynne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genomic; Histopathology; Internal transcribed spacer region; Invasive mold; Microascus; Scopulariopsis brevicaulis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETANERCEPT; MICAFUNGIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; VORICONAZOLE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2;

ADULT; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYALOHYPHOMYCOSIS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; MALE; MICROASCUS; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BK VIRUS INFECTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCUBATION TIME; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PUNCH BIOPSY; RECURRENT FEVER; RECURRENT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS VIRIDANS INFECTION; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MYCOSES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; SCOPULARIOPSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SILVER STAINING; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

FUNGI; MICROASCUS; SCOPULARIOPSIS; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS;

EID: 84863946639     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2012.675629     Document Type: Review

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