Rigidoporus corticola Colonization and Invasive Fungal Disease in Immunocompromised Patients,United States |
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| Authors: | Alvaro C. Laga,Jessica W. Crothers,Connie F. Cañ ete-Gibas,Nathan P. Wiederhold,Isaac H. Solomon |
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| Affiliation: | Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (A.C. Laga, I.H. Solomon);University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Vermont, USA (J.W. Crothers);University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA (C.F. Cañete-Gibas, N.P. Wiederhold) |
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| Abstract: | ![]()
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. |
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| Keywords: | fungi respiratory infections Rigidoporus Oxyporus corticola filamentous basidiomycetes opportunistic fungal infection pathology emerging fungal disease United States |
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