TY - JOUR
T1 - Actinomucor elegans as an emerging cause of mucormycosis
AU - Mahmud, Aneela
AU - Lee, Richard
AU - Munfus-McCray, Delicia
AU - Kwiatkowski, Nicole
AU - Subramanian, Aruna
AU - Neofytos, Dennis
AU - Carroll, Karen
AU - Zhang, Sean X.
PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - We report an invasive mucormycosis caused by Actinomucor elegans in a patient with refractory aplastic anemia. The organism was isolated from a necrotic skin lesion on the patient's left arm and demonstrated angioinvasive features on histopathology examination. In contrast to three cases described previously, we describe the first case of A. elegans invasive fungal infection in an immunocompromised patient. This report, along with the three previously reported cases, is convincing evidence that A. elegans is an emerging fungal pathogen capable of causing invasive mucormycosis in humans.
AB - We report an invasive mucormycosis caused by Actinomucor elegans in a patient with refractory aplastic anemia. The organism was isolated from a necrotic skin lesion on the patient's left arm and demonstrated angioinvasive features on histopathology examination. In contrast to three cases described previously, we describe the first case of A. elegans invasive fungal infection in an immunocompromised patient. This report, along with the three previously reported cases, is convincing evidence that A. elegans is an emerging fungal pathogen capable of causing invasive mucormycosis in humans.
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U2 - 10.1128/JCM.05338-11
DO - 10.1128/JCM.05338-11
M3 - Article
C2 - 22205785
AN - SCOPUS:84863170315
SN - 0095-1137
VL - 50
SP - 1092
EP - 1095
JO - Journal of clinical microbiology
JF - Journal of clinical microbiology
IS - 3
ER -