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SUBMITTER: Denis J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5154970 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Denis Julie J Sabou Marcela M Degot Tristan T Candolfi Ermanno E Letscher-Bru Valérie V
Medical mycology case reports 20161130
<i>Arthrographis kalrae</i> is a hyalin fungus. It is a saprophyte of the environment, mainly found in soil and compost. In recent years, cases of opportunistic infections attributed to this pathogen have been described. Our patient was a 19-year-old woman with cystic fibrosis. She presented a bacterial and fungal pulmonary colonization with <i>Aspergillus fumigatus</i> and <i>Arthrographis. kalrae.</i> After her lung transplantation, she developed an <i>A. kalrae</i> fungemia, treated with casp ...[more]