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Phenotypic and molecular identification of Coccidioides posadasii in a patient evaluated for bilateral lung transplantation.
Revista iberoamericana de micologia - 1 Jan 2000
Fernandez Analía, Landaburu Fernanda, Lopez-Daneri Gabriela, Nagel Claudia, Di Giorgio Patricia, Iovannitti Cristina, Tokumoto Marta, Mujica Maria Teresa
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Coccidioidomycosis is an endemic fungal infection caused by Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii. It can be particularly severe in transplant recipients that have a current or a previous coccidioidal infection. Fatal case of coccidioidomycosis has been described in this group of patients. AIMS: We report a severe case of pneumonia caused by C. posadassi in a 29 year-old white woman that had...
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