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Invasive Apophysomyces variabilis infection in a burn patient.

Wilfred P dela Cruz¹, Tatjana P Calvano, Matthew E Griffith, Christopher E White, Seung H Kim, Deanna A Sutton, Elizabeth H Thompson, Jianmin Fu, Brian L Wickes, Josep Guarro, Duane R Hospenthal.

Abstract

Apophysomyces variabilis is an emerging fungal pathogen that can cause significant infections in immunocompetent patients. We report a case of A. variabilis invasive wound infection in a 21-year-old male after a self-inflicted burn injury.

Entities: Disease Species

Mesh：

Substances：
DNA, Fungal

Year: 2012 PMID： 22622444 PMCID： PMC3421509 DOI： 10.1128/JCM.00671-12

Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN： 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948

17 in total

Review 1. Rhino-orbitocerebral mucormycosis attributable to Apophysomyces elegans in an immunocompetent individual: case report and review of the literature.

Authors: L Garcia-Covarrubias; R Bartlett; D M Barratt; R J Wassermann
Journal: J Trauma Date: 2001-02

2. Burn wound zygomycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans.

Authors: R D Cooter; I S Lim; D H Ellis; I O Leitch
Journal: J Clin Microbiol Date: 1990-09 Impact factor: 5.948

3. Apophysomyces elegans: epidemiology, amplified fragment length polymorphism typing, and in vitro antifungal susceptibility pattern.

Authors: A Chakrabarti; M R Shivaprakash; I Curfs-Breuker; A Baghela; C H Klaassen; J F Meis
Journal: J Clin Microbiol Date: 2010-09-29 Impact factor: 5.948

4. Molecular phylogenetic diversity of the emerging mucoralean fungus Apophysomyces: proposal of three new species.

Authors: Eduardo Alvarez; Alberto M Stchigel; Josep Cano; Deanna A Sutton; Annette W Fothergill; Jagdish Chander; Valentina Salas; Michael G Rinaldi; Josep Guarro
Journal: Rev Iberoam Micol Date: 2010-03-04 Impact factor: 1.044

5. Activity of posaconazole and other antifungal agents against Mucorales strains identified by sequencing of internal transcribed spacers.

Authors: Ana Alastruey-Izquierdo; Maria Victoria Castelli; Isabel Cuesta; Araceli Monzon; Manuel Cuenca-Estrella; Juan Luis Rodriguez-Tudela
Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother Date: 2009-01-26 Impact factor: 5.191

Invasive Apophysomyces variabilis infection in a burn patient.

Review 1. Rhino-orbitocerebral mucormycosis attributable to Apophysomyces elegans in an immunocompetent individual: case report and review of the literature.

2. Burn wound zygomycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans.

3. Apophysomyces elegans: epidemiology, amplified fragment length polymorphism typing, and in vitro antifungal susceptibility pattern.

4. Molecular phylogenetic diversity of the emerging mucoralean fungus Apophysomyces: proposal of three new species.

5. Activity of posaconazole and other antifungal agents against Mucorales strains identified by sequencing of internal transcribed spacers.

6. Simple method of inducing sporulation by Apophysomyces elegans and Saksenaea vasiformis.

7. Spectrum of zygomycete species identified in clinically significant specimens in the United States.

8. In vitro susceptibilities of zygomycetes to conventional and new antifungals.

Review 9. Invasive infection due to Apophysomyces elegans in immunocompetent hosts.

10. Apophysomyces variabilis infections in humans.

1. [Not Available].

2. Aggressive cutaneous zygomycosis caused by Apophysomyces variabilis in an immunocompetent child.

Review 3. Global Cutaneous Mucormycosis: A Systematic Review.

4. Necrotizing fasciitis caused by Apophysomyces variabilis in an immunocompetent patient.

5. Necrotizing fasciitis caused by Apophysomyces variabilis in a burn patient.