Opportunistic mycelial fungal infections in organ transplant recipients: emerging importance of non-Aspergillus mycelial fungi.

Husain, Shahid; D Alexander, Barbara; Munoz, Patricia; K Avery, Robin; Houston, Sally; Pruett, Timothy; Jacobs, Richard; A Dominguez, Edward; G Tollemar, Jan; Baumgarten, Katherine; M Yu, Chen; M Wagener, Marilyn; Linden, Peter; Kusne, Shimon; Singh, Nina

doi:10.1086/375822

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Opportunistic mycelial fungal infections in organ transplant recipients: emerging importance of non-Aspergillus mycelial fungi.

Published in Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America • Jul 15, 2003

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Authors:

Shahid Husain

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Barbara D Alexander

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Patricia Munoz

Abstract

To determine the spectrum and impact of mycelial fungal infections, particularly those due to non-Aspergillus molds, 53 liver and heart transplant recipients with invasive mycelial infections were prospectively identified in a multicenter study. Invasive mycelial infections were due to Aspergillus s...

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