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Case Reports
. 2006;38(6-7):552-5.
doi: 10.1080/00365540500400969.

Lung mass caused by Phoma exigua

Evangelos Balis  1 , Aristea Velegraki, Archodula Fragou, Angelos Pefanis, Theodore Kalabokas, Theodore Mountokalakis
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Case Reports

Lung mass caused by Phoma exigua

Evangelos Balis et al. Scand J Infect Dis. 2006.

Abstract

We describe a well documented case of a fatal Phoma exigua lung infection in a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia and diabetes. The infection was histology and culture proven and a PCR assay was developed for detecting P. exigua DNA in deparaffinized lung-biopsy material. Confirmation of rare fungal pathogen infections requires a multidisciplinary approach involving clinical observations, mycology, histopathology and radiology.

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