Disseminated emergomyces orientalis infection in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

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A case of Eimonosis orientalis was reported in a 52-year-old male farmer who presented with cough, phlegm, fever, headache, and nausea for more than 4 days. Haemophilic cells and fungal spores were identified in the bone marrow smear and confirmed as Aemon orientalis by culture. The same bacteria were also isolated from blood cultures

Keywords

• emergomyces
• emergomycosis
• emergomyces orientalis
• itraconazole
• amphotericin B
• mNGS (metagenomic next-generation sequencing)