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Emerg Infect Dis
; 27(10): 2740-2742, 2021 10.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34546163
RESUMO
Emergomyces is a newly described dimorphic fungus genus; it may cause fatal infections in immunocompromised patients, but diagnosis is often delayed. We report a case of disseminated emergomycosis caused by the novel species Emergomyces orientalis in a kidney transplant recipient from Tibet. Infection was diagnosed early by metagenomic next-generation sequencing.