Disseminated Emergomycosis in a Person with HIV Infection, Uganda

Abstract

We describe emergomycosis in a patient in Uganda with HIV infection. We tested a formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded skin biopsy to identify Emergomyces pasteurianus or a closely related pathogen by sequencing broad-range fungal PCR amplicons. Results suggest that emergomycosis is more widespread and genetically diverse than previously documented. PCR on tissue blocks may help clarify emergomycosis epidemiology.

Keywords

• Emergomycosis
• broadrange fungal PCR
• FFPE
• Broad-range fungal PCR
• Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded biopsy
• Fungi