Invasive Apophysomyces variabilis infection in a burn patient

Wilfred P. Dela Cruz; 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

doi:10.1128/JCM.00671-12

Invasive Apophysomyces variabilis infection in a burn patient

Wilfred P. Dela Cruz
, 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^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2814-2817
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume	50
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00671-12
State	Published - Aug 2012

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