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Invasive Fungal Infection Due to Triadelphia pulvinata in a Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Year: 2013

Type: article

Study design: Case Report

Abstract: Triadelphia pulvinata is a rare dematiaceous fungus found in soil. We report the first case of invasive disease in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia who had a bloodstream infection with possibly both lung and brain involvement. Identification was by combined phenotypic features and fungal ribosomal DNA sequence analysis.

Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology

DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00457-13

Authors: Jameela Edathodu, Hail M. Al-Abdely, Sahar AlThawadi, Brian L. Wickes, Elizabeth H. Thompson, Nathan P. Wiederhold, Hugo Madrid, Josep Guarro, Deanna A. Sutton

Institutions: King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Alfaisal University, The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica Catalunya Sud, Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Language: English

Topic: Fungal Infections and Studies

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior

OpenAlex ID: W1998107243

FWCI: 0.433

Cites: 10

Cited by: 12

Related to: 10