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Genetic diversity among clinical isolates of Acremonium strictum determined during an investigation of a fatal mycosis.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 2003
Novicki Thomas J, LaFe Karen, Bui Lynda, Bui Uyen, Geise Robert, Marr Kieren, Cookson Brad T
Abstract excerpt
Primarily saprophytic in nature, fungi of the genus Acremonium are a well-documented cause of mycetoma and other focal diseases. More recently, a number of Acremonium spp. have been implicated in invasive infections in the setting of severe immunosuppression. During the course of routine microbiological studies involving a case of fatal mycosis in a nonmyeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplant patient, we...
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