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First description of a local Coprinopsis cinerea skin and soft tissue infection.


ABSTRACT: Coprinopsis cinerea is an environmental fungus which can cause disseminated infections in immunocompromised patients, often leading to death. Here we report the case of a paediatric patient with an invasive wound infection due to C. cinerea, which was successfully treated with surgical debridement and oral posaconazole.

SUBMITTER: Correa-Martinez C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5847965 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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First description of a local <i>Coprinopsis cinerea</i> skin and soft tissue infection.

Correa-Martinez C C   Brentrup A A   Hess K K   Becker K K   Groll A H AH   Schaumburg F F  

New microbes and new infections 20171205


<i>Coprinopsis cinerea</i> is an environmental fungus which can cause disseminated infections in immunocompromised patients, often leading to death. Here we report the case of a paediatric patient with an invasive wound infection due to <i>C. cinerea,</i> which was successfully treated with surgical debridement and oral posaconazole. ...[more]

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