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

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2022 Mar 23

PMID 35318923

Authors

Alvaro C Laga

Jessica W Crothers

Connie F Canete-Gibas

Nathan P Wiederhold

Isaac H Solomon

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Abstract

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.

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