First report of fatal fungemia due Fusarium oxysporum in a patient with COVID-19 in Ecuador
Filamentous fungal infections are an important cause of systemic infections in immunocompromised patients. Fusarium genus members potentially cause disseminated infections, especially in patients with catheters, due to the ability to adhere to these devices. We describe a case of fatal fungemia due...
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| author | Alexander Jimbo-Zapata Gabriela Sevillano Pilar Rodríguez José Rubén Ramírez-Iglesias Juan-Carlos Navarro |
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| description | Filamentous fungal infections are an important cause of systemic infections in immunocompromised patients. Fusarium genus members potentially cause disseminated infections, especially in patients with catheters, due to the ability to adhere to these devices. We describe a case of fatal fungemia due to Fusarium oxysporum in a patient with COVID-19 in Ecuador. The genus identification was carried out with conventional techniques and species identification by molecular and phylogenetic techniques through sequencing of the ITS region. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-89478d8023734c05af5dfd831218861e2024-03-21T05:36:39ZengElsevierMedical Mycology Case Reports2211-75392024-03-0143100622First report of fatal fungemia due Fusarium oxysporum in a patient with COVID-19 in EcuadorAlexander Jimbo-Zapata0Gabriela Sevillano1Pilar Rodríguez2José Rubén Ramírez-Iglesias3Juan-Carlos Navarro4Universidad Internacional SEK, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Grupo de Investigación en Enfermedades Emergentes, Desatendidas, Ecoepidemiología y Biodiversidad, Quito, Ecuador; Universidad Internacional SEK, Maestría en Biomedicina, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Quito, Ecuador; Área de Micología y Tuberculosis, Unidad Técnica de Patología Clínica, Hospital de Especialidades Carlos Andrade Marín, Quito, EcuadorUniversidad Internacional SEK, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Grupo de Investigación en Enfermedades Emergentes, Desatendidas, Ecoepidemiología y Biodiversidad, Quito, Ecuador; Universidad Internacional SEK, Maestría en Biomedicina, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Quito, Ecuador; Unidad de Investigaciones en Biomedicina, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Quito, EcuadorÁrea de Micología y Tuberculosis, Unidad Técnica de Patología Clínica, Hospital de Especialidades Carlos Andrade Marín, Quito, EcuadorUniversidad Internacional SEK, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Grupo de Investigación en Enfermedades Emergentes, Desatendidas, Ecoepidemiología y Biodiversidad, Quito, EcuadorUniversidad Internacional SEK, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Grupo de Investigación en Enfermedades Emergentes, Desatendidas, Ecoepidemiología y Biodiversidad, Quito, Ecuador; Corresponding author.Filamentous fungal infections are an important cause of systemic infections in immunocompromised patients. Fusarium genus members potentially cause disseminated infections, especially in patients with catheters, due to the ability to adhere to these devices. We describe a case of fatal fungemia due to Fusarium oxysporum in a patient with COVID-19 in Ecuador. The genus identification was carried out with conventional techniques and species identification by molecular and phylogenetic techniques through sequencing of the ITS region.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753923000544COVID-19FusariumMolecular identificationEpidemiologyFungemia |
| spellingShingle | Alexander Jimbo-Zapata Gabriela Sevillano Pilar Rodríguez José Rubén Ramírez-Iglesias Juan-Carlos Navarro First report of fatal fungemia due Fusarium oxysporum in a patient with COVID-19 in Ecuador Medical Mycology Case Reports COVID-19 Fusarium Molecular identification Epidemiology Fungemia |
| title | First report of fatal fungemia due Fusarium oxysporum in a patient with COVID-19 in Ecuador |
| title_full | First report of fatal fungemia due Fusarium oxysporum in a patient with COVID-19 in Ecuador |
| title_fullStr | First report of fatal fungemia due Fusarium oxysporum in a patient with COVID-19 in Ecuador |
| title_full_unstemmed | First report of fatal fungemia due Fusarium oxysporum in a patient with COVID-19 in Ecuador |
| title_short | First report of fatal fungemia due Fusarium oxysporum in a patient with COVID-19 in Ecuador |
| title_sort | first report of fatal fungemia due fusarium oxysporum in a patient with covid 19 in ecuador |
| topic | COVID-19 Fusarium Molecular identification Epidemiology Fungemia |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753923000544 |
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