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Case Reports
. 2000 Sep;38(9):3460-2.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.38.9.3460-3462.2000.

Mixed infection caused by two species of Fusarium in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient

J Guarro  1 , M Nucci, T Akiti, J Gené
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Case Reports

Mixed infection caused by two species of Fusarium in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient

J Guarro et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2000 Sep.

Abstract

We report on a case of mixed infection caused by two species of Fusarium in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient with lymphoma who was neutropenic due to chemotherapy. The patient showed the typical signs of a disseminated fusarial infection, with Fusarium solani isolated from skin lesions and F. verticillioides isolated from blood. The report discusses how difficult it is to make an accurate diagnosis when an immunosuppressed patient is infected with more than one fungal species, especially when the species are morphologically very similar.

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FIG. 1
FIG. 1
F. solani FMR 6323. (A) Phialide. Magnification by scanning electron microscopy, ×1,870. (B) Macroconidia. Magnification by scanning electron microscopy, ×1,650. (C) Chlamydospores. Magnification by scanning electron microscopy, ×2,500.
FIG. 2
FIG. 2
F. verticillioides FMR 6488. (A) Chains of microconidia. Magnification, ×160. (B) Conidiophore. Magnification by scanning electron microscopy, ×2,320.
FIG. 3
FIG. 3
Colonies of F. solani (A) and F. verticillioides (B) on PDA at 25°C after 2 days of incubation.
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