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Case of endobronchial metastasis from breast cancer accompanied with Cunninghamella bertholletiae tracheobronchial mycetoma

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy, 2019
Cunninghamella is a member of the class Zygomycetes. Cunninghamella species include ubiquitous filamentous fungi; infections caused by Cunninghamella species are less frequent but have higher mortality rates than infections caused by Mucorales group members such as Rhizopus and Mucor.
Kenji Uno, Naokuni Hishiya, Masayuki Matsuda, Yoshiro Kai, Masayuki Amano, Atsuhiro Nakamura, Takashi Tohjyo, Takeshi Kawaguchi, Ryuichi Nakano, Hisakazu Yano, Kei Kasahara, Keiichi Mikasa   +11 more
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Cunninghamella bertholletiae

Southern Medical Journal, 1990
Cunninghamella bertholletiae shares many of the features typical of the other agents causing zygomycoses. Those who are immunocompromised constitute the major patient population at risk; the agents as a group are aggressive, the disease is often disseminated, and the pathologic picture of vascular invasion and tissue infarction is common.
B E, Robinson, M T, Stark, T L, Pope, F M, Stewart, G R, Donowitz   +4 more
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Cunninghamella bertholletiae Infection Associated with Deferoxamine Therapy

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1988
Cunninghamella bertholletiae, an uncommon cause of human infection, has been reported with increasing frequency in recent years. C. bertholletiae belongs to the order Mucorales and produces infections similar to those produced by the other agents of mucormycosis.
J H, Rex, A M, Ginsberg, L F, Fries, H I, Pass, K J, Kwon-Chung   +4 more
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Comparison of genotyping methods for Cunninghamella bertholletiae

Mycoses, 2019
SummaryBackgroundInvasive fungal infections caused by filamentous fungi of the order Mucorales are serious complications in immunocompromised patients and often associated with fatal outcome. As a member of this order, Cunninghamella bertholletiae is a saprophytic fungus with naturally exhibited high minimum inhibitory concentrations against common ...
Hedda Luise Verhasselt, Julia Radke, Dirk Schmidt, David Killengray, Ulrike Scharmann, Volker Rickerts, Wiebke Hansen, Danila Seidel, Iker Falces‐Romero, Jan Buer, Peter‐Michael Rath, Joerg Steinmann   +11 more
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Successful Treatment of Sinusitis Caused by Cunninghamella bertholletiae

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1994
Seventeen cases of infections due to Cunninghamella species have been reported worldwide in humans, and there have been only three survivors. We report a case of paranasal sinusitis due to Cunninghamella bertholletiae in an elderly patient who had diabetes mellitus and myelodysplasia. After receiving 7 weeks of therapy with deoxycholate amphotericin B (
Ng, Tony T.C., Campbell, Colin K., Rothera, M., Houghton, J. B., Hughes, D., Denning, David W.   +5 more
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Fatal Cunninghamella bertholletiae Infection in an Immunocompetent Patient

Chest, 1990
The first fatal Cunninghamella bertholletiae infection in a clinically immunocompetent host is reported. This case differs from previously reported cases by the lack of extensive vascular invasion and thrombosis.
S, Zeilender, D, Drenning, F L, Glauser, D, Bechard   +3 more
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A murine model of zygomycosis by Cunninghamella bertholletiae

Mycopathologia, 1998
Infections by Cunninghamella bertholletiae have been on the increase in recent years. However, little is known about this fungus and its infection. To clarify the pathogenicity of C. bertholletiae, we made a murine model, and to our knowledge, the first infectious model of this fungus.
A, Honda, K, Kamei, H, Unno, K, Hiroshima, T, Kuriyama, M, Miyaji   +5 more
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Cunninghamella bertholletiae wound Infection of Probable Nosocomial Origin

Southern Medical Journal, 1981
After closed reduction and casting of a tibial fracture in a 69-year-old diabetic man, a gangrenous lesion developed under the cast. Cultures of debrided tissue revealed multiple bacteria, including Bacillus sp, plus two fungi, Fusarium sp and a zygomycete identified as Cunninghamella bertholletiae.
J M, Boyce, L A, Lawson, W R, Lockwood, J L, Hughes   +3 more
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Pneumonia caused by Cunninghamella bertholletiae complicating chronic lymphatic leukemia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1979
A case of pneumonia caused by Cunninghamella bertholletiae is described in a patient with chronic lymphatic leukemia. The species of Cunninghamella, a genus in the order Mucorales, are characterized by the formation of conidia on the surface of an inflated conidiophore (vesicle). C. bertholletiae, not C.
T E, Kiehn, F, Edwards, D, Armstrong, P P, Rosen, I, Weitzman   +4 more
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Cunninghamella bertholletiae Infection in Children

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 2014
Mucormycosis is an emerging fungal infection affecting mainly immunosuppressed hosts. Cunninghamella bertholletiae causes the highest mortality among all mucormycetes. Infection by C. bertholletiae has rarely been reported in children. We present 2 children with acute leukemia and disseminated infection by C.
Fernando, Carceller, Gonzalo, Oñoro, Maria J, Buitrago, Blanca, Herrero, Álvaro, Lassaletta, Antonio, Pérez-Martínez, Marta, González-Vicent, Luis, Madero   +7 more
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