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Case Reports
. 1981 Jul;76(1):116-21.
doi: 10.1093/ajcp/76.1.116.

Disseminated Saksenaea vasiformis infection

J Torell, B H Cooper, N G Helgeson
Case Reports

Disseminated Saksenaea vasiformis infection

J Torell et al. Am J Clin Pathol. 1981 Jul.

Abstract

Herein reported is a second case of human Saksenaea vasiformis infection. This unusual zygomycete was isolated postmortem from the tissues of an immunocompromised woman. The patient died of a disseminated infection that caused cutaneous, pulmonary, and renal infarcts. Clinical and pathologic features of the case and manifestations of zygomycete infection are discussed.

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