UMMS Affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology; Department of Pathology
Publication Date
2014-08-08
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses | Infectious Disease | Respiratory Tract Diseases
Abstract
We report a case of pulmonary Rhizopus microsporus infection in a patient with untreated diabetes following brush clearing. The patient was successfully treated with a combined medical and surgical approach with complete resolution of the lung lesions and remains asymptomatic at 11-month follow-up.
Keywords
Environmental exposure, Molecular diagnostics, Multifocal pneumonia, Rhizopus microsporus
Rights and Permissions
Copyright © 2014 International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
DOI of Published Version
10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.08.001
Source
Med Mycol Case Rep. 2014 Aug 8;6:14-7. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.08.001. eCollection 2014. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Medical mycology case reports
Related Resources
PubMed ID
25379391
Repository Citation
Tsyrkunou AV, Ellison RT, Akalin A, Wiederhold N, Sutton DA, Lindner J, Fan H, Levitz SM, Zivna I. (2014). Multifocal Rhizopus microsporus lung infection following brush clearing. Infectious Diseases and Immunology Publications. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.08.001. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/infdis_pp/212
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
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