A Case of Invasive Gastrointestinal Mycotypha Infection in a Patient with Neutropenia
Gastrointestinal mucormycosis is a rare life-threatening infection to which neutropenic patients are especially vulnerable. Mycotypha microspora is a mucormycete that has not been described as a human pathogen. We discuss the successful eradication of gastrointestinal Mycotypha microspora in a neutr...
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| author | Polina Trachuk Wendy A. Szymczak Peter Muscarella Uzma N. Sarwar |
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| description | Gastrointestinal mucormycosis is a rare life-threatening infection to which neutropenic patients are especially vulnerable. Mycotypha microspora is a mucormycete that has not been described as a human pathogen. We discuss the successful eradication of gastrointestinal Mycotypha microspora in a neutropenic patient with simultaneous pulmonary Aspergillus fumigatus infection. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-694d10f44f474d5e8a63e437a0999e2d2025-02-03T06:00:56ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332018-01-01201810.1155/2018/58641755864175A Case of Invasive Gastrointestinal Mycotypha Infection in a Patient with NeutropeniaPolina Trachuk0Wendy A. Szymczak1Peter Muscarella2Uzma N. Sarwar3Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USADepartment of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USADivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USADivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USAGastrointestinal mucormycosis is a rare life-threatening infection to which neutropenic patients are especially vulnerable. Mycotypha microspora is a mucormycete that has not been described as a human pathogen. We discuss the successful eradication of gastrointestinal Mycotypha microspora in a neutropenic patient with simultaneous pulmonary Aspergillus fumigatus infection.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5864175 |
| spellingShingle | Polina Trachuk Wendy A. Szymczak Peter Muscarella Uzma N. Sarwar A Case of Invasive Gastrointestinal Mycotypha Infection in a Patient with Neutropenia Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | A Case of Invasive Gastrointestinal Mycotypha Infection in a Patient with Neutropenia |
| title_full | A Case of Invasive Gastrointestinal Mycotypha Infection in a Patient with Neutropenia |
| title_fullStr | A Case of Invasive Gastrointestinal Mycotypha Infection in a Patient with Neutropenia |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Case of Invasive Gastrointestinal Mycotypha Infection in a Patient with Neutropenia |
| title_short | A Case of Invasive Gastrointestinal Mycotypha Infection in a Patient with Neutropenia |
| title_sort | case of invasive gastrointestinal mycotypha infection in a patient with neutropenia |
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