Medical Mycology Case Reports (Mar 2022)

Disseminated Verruconis gallopava infection in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus in Japan: A case report, literature review, and autopsy case

  • Kenya Murata,
  • Yoshihiko Ogawa,
  • Kayo Kusama,
  • Yumiko Yasuhara

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 35
pp. 35 – 38

Abstract

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Disseminated Verruconis gallopava infection is often reported in patients with severe immunodeficiency, such as those who have received an organ transplant or have hematological malignancies. The present report describes the first case of disseminated V. gallopava in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus who used FK506 (Tacrolimus). In this case, β-D glucan was useful for diagnosis.

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