Engyodontium album fungaemia: the first reported case

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Danielle Patrícia Cerqueira Macêdo¹  Rejane Pereira Neves¹  Cristina Maria De Souza-motta¹  Oliane M. Correia Magalhães¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Centro de Ciências Biológicas Departamento de MicologiaRecife PE ,Brasil

关键词: Engyodontium album;    fungaemia;    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome;    Engyodontium album;    fungemia;    Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1517-83822007000100023

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Opportunistic mycoses have been increasingly observed among immunocompromised patients. We describe a case in which Engyodontium album was isolated and cultured from the blood of a patient with the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. E. album grew at 37ºC and showed proteinase activity, both indicators of pathogenicity. This is the first time that this organism has been reported as agent of fungaemia.

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