A rare pulmonary infection caused by Arthrographis kalrae.
J Med Microbiol
; 61(Pt 4): 593-595, 2012 Apr.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22160311
Arthrographis kalrae is a rare isolate in clinical specimens. Only ten cases of infection with this species have been described so far. To our knowledge, we report the first case of a pulmonary infection caused by A. kalrae in a patient with a past history of stage IIA Hodgkin's lymphoma and demonstrate that this organism can act as an opportunistic human pathogen.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Ascomycota
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Opportunistic Infections
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Lung Diseases, Fungal
Limits:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
J Med Microbiol
Year:
2012
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Netherlands
Country of publication:
United kingdom