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Multicenter outbreak of infections by Saprochaete clavata, an unrecognized opportunistic fungal pathogen.
mBio - 16 Dec 2014
Vaux Sophie, Criscuolo Alexis, Desnos-Ollivier Marie, Diancourt Laure, Tarnaud Chloé, Vandenbogaert Matthias, Brisse Sylvain, Coignard Bruno, Dromer Françoise
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Rapidly fatal cases of invasive fungal infections due to a fungus later identified as Saprochaete clavata were reported in France in May 2012. The objectives of this study were to determine the clonal relatedness of the isolates and to investigate possible sources of contamination. A nationwide alert was launched to collect cases. Molecular identification methods, whole-genome sequencing (WGS), and...
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