Disseminated Emergomycosis in a Person with HIV Infection, Uganda

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Rooms, Isabelle ; Mugisha, Peter ; Gambichler, Thilo ; Hadaschik, Eva ; Esser, Stefan ; Rath, Peter-Michael ; Haase, Gerhard ; Wilmes, Dunja ; McCormick-Smith, Ilka ; Rickerts, Volker
• Description:
  We describe emergomycosis in a patient in Uganda with HIV infection. We tested a formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded skin biopsy to identify Emergomyces pasteurianus or a closely related pathogen by sequencing broad-range fungal PCR amplicons. Results suggest that emergomycosis is more widespread and genetically diverse than previously documented. PCR on tissue blocks may help clarify emergomycosis epidemiology.
• Subjects:
  Broad-range Fungal PCR Emergomycosis FFPE Formalin-fixed Paraffin-embedded Biopsy Fungi HIV/AIDS And Other Retroviruses Research Letter
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 25(9):1750-1751
• Pubmed ID:
  31441766
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6711225
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Uganda
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:338bbfae1dd2016a5e9b8467f25e37aebe86848c93b1f863b3d7477cafa2e2cb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/81149/cdc_81149_DS1.pdf
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