Disseminated Emergomycosis in a Person with HIV Infection, Uganda

Authors :: Isabelle Rooms
Peter Mugisha
Thilo Gambichler
Eva Hadaschik
Stefan Esser
Peter-Michael Rath
Gerhard Haase
Dunja Wilmes
Ilka McCormick-Smith
Volker Rickerts
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 25, Iss 9, Pp 1750-1751 (2019)
Publication Year :: 2019
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019.
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.