Baggott Amy, McGann Hugh, Barton Richard, Ratner Jennifer
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Department of Infection and Travel Medicine, St. James University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF, United Kingdom.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Mycology Reference Centre, Department of Microbiology, Old Medical School, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds LS1 3EX, United Kingdom.
Med Mycol Case Rep. 2017 Jun 9;17:20-24. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.06.002. eCollection 2017 Sep.
This is a presentation of a case of disseminated fungal infection in a renal transplant patient with Nannizziopsis obscura, a species not previously reported as having caused disseminated disease in humans and not previously reported in the UK. The fungus was isolated from a intramuscular collection and from a lymph node. The patient responded well to a course of posaconazole.
本文介绍了一例肾移植患者发生播散性真菌感染的病例,病原体为隐匿南尼兹菌,该菌种此前未被报道可导致人类播散性疾病,在英国也未曾有过相关报道。该真菌从肌肉组织样本和淋巴结中分离得到。患者接受泊沙康唑治疗疗程后反应良好。