Saksenaea erythrospora infection following combat trauma

Duane R. Hospenthal; Kevin K. Chung; Kimberly Lairet; Elizabeth H. Thompson; Josep Guarro; Evan M. Renz; Deanna A. Sutton

doi:10.1128/JCM.05095-11

Saksenaea erythrospora infection following combat trauma

Duane R. Hospenthal^*, Kevin K. Chung, Kimberly Lairet, Elizabeth H. Thompson, Josep Guarro, Evan M. Renz, Deanna A. Sutton

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Abstract

Saksenaea erythrospora is a newly described species of the order Mucorales which has not previously been reported as a cause of human infection. We report a fatal case of S. erythrospora invasive burn wound infection in a 26-year-old male injured during combat operations in Iraq.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3707-3709
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume	49
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.05095-11
State	Published - Oct 2011
Externally published	Yes

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