Rigidoporus corticola Colonization and Invasive Fungal Disease in Immunocompromised Patients, United States

We report 2 cases of Rigidoporus corticola ( Oxyporus corticola) infection in humans in the United States. Clinical manifestations consisted of angioinvasive fungal sinusitis in 1 patient and pulmonary intracavitary fungus ball in the other patient. These cases illustrate previously undescribed clin...

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Main Authors: Cañete-Gibas, C.F (Author), Crothers, J.W (Author), Laga, A.C (Author), Solomon, I.H (Author), Wiederhold, N.P (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2022
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520 3 |a We report 2 cases of Rigidoporus corticola ( Oxyporus corticola) infection in humans in the United States. Clinical manifestations consisted of angioinvasive fungal sinusitis in 1 patient and pulmonary intracavitary fungus ball in the other patient. These cases illustrate previously undescribed clinicopathologic manifestations of infection by this filamentous basidiomycete in humans. © 2022 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved. 
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700 1 0 |a Crothers, J.W.  |e author 
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