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Arthrocladium fulminans Arthritis and Osteomyelitis.


ABSTRACT: Arthrocladium fulminans is the only species in the Arthrocladium genus that has been involved in a previous human infection. To date, only one case of A. fulminans infection in a patient with GATA-2 immunodeficiency has been reported. We here report the second human case and the first case of septic arthritis and osteomyelitis due to A. fulminans in an immunocompetent patient, living in Mayotte, a French island in western Indian Ocean. He was successfully treated with surgical debridement and 6 months of antifungal treatment. This second observation of human invasive disease caused by A. fulminans is an additional argument for the pathogenicity of this rare species.

SUBMITTER: Diallo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5361548 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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<i>Arthrocladium fulminans</i> Arthritis and Osteomyelitis.

Diallo Abdoulahy A   Michaud Céline C   Tabibou Souandou S   Raz Maxime M   Fernandez Carla C   Lepidi Hubert H   Fournier Pierre-Edouard PE   Stein Andreas A   Ranque Stéphane S   Seng Piseth P  

The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20170301 3


<i>Arthrocladium fulminans</i> is the only species in the <i>Arthrocladium</i> genus that has been involved in a previous human infection. To date, only one case of <i>A. fulminans</i> infection in a patient with GATA-2 immunodeficiency has been reported. We here report the second human case and the first case of septic arthritis and osteomyelitis due to <i>A. fulminans</i> in an immunocompetent patient, living in Mayotte, a French island in western Indian Ocean. He was successfully treated with  ...[more]

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