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Fallbericht. Fungämie durch Penicillium piceum , einem Mitglied des Penicillium marneffei Komplexes
Author(s) -
Horré R.,
Gilges S.,
Breig P.,
Kupfer B.,
De Hoog G. S.,
Hoekstra E.,
Poonwan N.,
Schaal K. P.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2001.00710.x
Subject(s) - penicillium marneffei , penicillium , fungemia , microbiology and biotechnology , fungus , internal transcribed spacer , biology , mycosis , virulence , ribosomal rna , virology , botany , immunology , genetics , gene , antifungal , coinfection , virus
Summary. Due to the inability of most Penicillium species to grow at 37 °C, systemic non‐ marneffei infections are very rare in the human host. We describe a case of fungemia due to Penicillium piceum in a female patient, who died a few days after repeated isolation of this fungus from blood cultures. The species is a member of the section Biverticillata of Penicillium , as was confirmed by rDNA Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) sequence data, and hence may share virulence factors with P. marneffei.