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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2005, p. 1484-1487, Vol. 43, No. 3
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.3.1484-1487.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Airway Colonization by Acrophialophora fusispora in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Bernard Cimon,1* Svetlana Challier,2 Hugues Béguin,3 Jacqueline Carrère,4 Dominique Chabasse,1 and Jean-Philippe Bouchara1

Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Parasite UPRES-EA 3142, Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Angers,1 Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Necker, Paris,2 Hôpital Renée Sabran de Giens, Hyères, France,4 Scientific Institute of Public Health, Section of Mycology, Brussels, Belgium3

Received 2 July 2004/ Returned for modification 28 August 2004/ Accepted 27 October 2004

Acrophialophora fusispora is a thermotolerant soil fungus which is very unusual in clinical samples. Here we report four cases of transient or chronic airway colonization by A. fusispora in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). However, the prevalence of this fungus in CF patients may be underestimated due to the currently poor knowledge of this fungus in most of the medical mycology laboratories. In addition, its clinical importance regarding CF remains to be evaluated.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, 4 rue Larrey, 49033 Angers Cedex 01, France. Phone: (33) 02 41 35 34 72. Fax: (33) 02 41 35 36 16. E-mail: Becimon{at}chu-angers.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2005, p. 1484-1487, Vol. 43, No. 3
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.3.1484-1487.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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