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Isolated Pulmonary Emergomycosis in an Immunocompetent Patient in Alberta, Canada

2022; Oxford University Press; Volume: 9; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/ofid/ofac021

ISSN

2328-8957

Autores

Jordan Mah, Andrea Bakker, Calvin Tseng, Lucie Lafay‐Cousin, Susan Kuhn, Marie‐Anne Bründler, Luiz F. Lisboa,

Tópico(s)

Infectious Diseases and Mycology

Resumo

Emergomyces canadensis pulmonary infection was incidentally diagnosed in an asymptomatic patient suspected to have metastatic osteosarcoma. Molecular diagnosis was imperative to fungal identification given overlapping histopathological features with histoplasmosis. This report documents a case of isolated pulmonary emergomycosis in an otherwise immunocompetent patient while discussing diagnostic and management pitfalls of this emerging and underdiagnosed infection.

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