Disseminated Emergomycosis in a Person with HIV Infection, Uganda
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Date
2019-09Author
Rooms, Isabelle
Mugisha, Peter
Gambichler, Thilo
Hadaschik, Eva
Esser, Stefan
Rath, Peter-Michael
Haase, Gerhard
Wilmes, Dunja
McCormick-Smith, Ilka
Rickerts, Volker
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We describe emergomycosis in a patient in Uganda with HIV infection. We tested a formalin-fixed, paraffin-embed¬ded skin biopsy to identify Emergomyces pasteurianus or a closely related pathogen by sequencing broad-range fun¬gal PCR amplicons. Results suggest that emergomycosis is more widespread and genetically diverse than previously documented. PCR on tissue blocks may help clarify emer¬gomycosis epidemiology.