Open AccessMonascus ruber : Invasive Gastric Infection Caused by Dried and Salted Fish Consumption
Author(s) -
Xavier Iriart,
A. Fior,
Denis Blanchet,
Antoine Berry,
Paul Neron,
Christine Aznar
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01000-10
Subject(s) - monascus , fish <actinopterygii> , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , dried fish , gastric adenocarcinoma , food science , adenocarcinoma , fishery , cancer , fermentation , genetics
We report a case of invasive gastric infection caused by Monascus ruber observed in a patient from French Guiana with gastric adenocarcinoma. The originality of this case is that, first, this invasive mycosis is extremely rare and, second, the probable mode of infection was by the consumption of Monascus ruber-contaminated food.
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