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Shao Q, Dong C, Hu H, Huang J, Zou X, Liang Z, Han Y. Effects of Medicinal Plants on Fungal Community Structure and Function in Hospital Grassplot Soil. Curr Microbiol 2022; 79:377. [DOI: 10.1007/s00284-022-03083-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Palazzolo L, Kowalski RP, Nayyar SV, Jhanji V, Prakash G. Insect Fungus Metarhizium robertsii Is a Rare Causative Agent of Keratitis. Cornea 2022; 41:106-108. [PMID: 34870624 DOI: 10.1097/ico.0000000000002679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE This study aimed to describe a case of keratitis secondary to Metarhizium robertsii, a soil-dwelling fungus with typical insect pathogenicity. METHODS A Case report. RESULTS A 58-year-old man with a ocular history of soft contact lens overwear, poor contact lens hygiene, and ocular exposure to ground well water supplying his house was referred to our university practice for a central corneal ulcer with 40% thinning. Same-day rapid microscopic detection with Giemsa stain identified the presence of many hyphae elements, and he was ultimately diagnosed with M. robertsii keratitis. The patient's course involved severe and progressive corneal thinning that stabilized over a 3-month course of antifungal therapy. CONCLUSIONS Metarhizium robertsii seems more aggressive than other forms of fungal keratitis; therefore, this infection may be watched more closely with the risk for quick progressive corneal thinning, even while on antifungal management.
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- Laura Palazzolo
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh, PA
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; and
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- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh, PA
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; and
- The Charles T. Campbell Ophthalmic Microbiology Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh, PA
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; and
- The Charles T. Campbell Ophthalmic Microbiology Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh, PA
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; and
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- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh, PA
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; and
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Brunner-Mendoza C, Guerrero-Guerra C, Villagómez-Figueroa O, Navarro-Barranco H, Pérez-Mejía A, Toriello C. A review of described cases of mycotic keratitis and sclerokeratitis related to entomopathogenic fungi from 1984 to 2021. J Mycol Med 2022; 32:101249. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2022.101249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Revised: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Schneider J, Heydel T, Pees M, Schrödl W, Schmidt V. Identification of hypocrealean reptile pathogenic isolates with MALDI-TOF MS. Med Mycol 2019; 57:694-702. [PMID: 30445443 DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myy114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2018] [Revised: 09/05/2018] [Accepted: 10/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Biotyper analysis of Nannizziopsis guarroi, a fatal fungal pathogen in lizards, was described recently. Hypocrealean fungal infections in captive reptiles appear with an increasing frequency during the last decade. Therefore, the aim of this study was to proof Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) as diagnostic tool for the identification of reptile pathogenic hypocrealean fungi. Ten fungal isolates obtained from nine reptiles with fungal glossitis, disseminated visceral mycosis, pneumomycosis, and fungal keratitis were analyzed. Phylogeny consisted of fragments of the large subunit of nuclear encoded ribosomal DNA (D1/D2, LSU) and the internal transcribed spacer region 1 of nuclear encoded ribosomal DNA (ITS1) as well as the protein coding gene translation elongation factor 1 alpha (TEF). Results revealed unanimously two Metarhizium granulomatis genotypes in a total of three isolates, various M. viride genotypes (n = 3), two different Purpureocillium lilacinum isolates as well as one isolate of each P. lavendulum and Beauveria bassiana. Purpureocillium lilacinum and B. bassiana are likewise frequently employed as a mycoinsecticide and mycoacaricide in agriculture on a worldwide scale and have occasionally been reported in man, causing fungal keratitis, sclerokeratitis, nosocomial infections in immunosuppressed patients, as well as cavitary pulmonary disease and cutaneous hyalohyphomycosis in immunocompetent patients. According to the results establishment of Biotyper analysis for faster differentiation of reptile-associated fungal pathogens is entirely justified.
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- Juliane Schneider
- Clinic for Birds and Reptiles, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Bacteriology and Mycology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Clinic for Birds and Reptiles, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Clinic for Birds and Reptiles, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Clinic for Birds and Reptiles, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Lee JTL, Pham C, Greenrod E. A 24-year-old contact lens wearer with unilateral vision loss requiring penetrating keratoplasty. Digit J Ophthalmol 2019; 25:37-40. [PMID: 31327937 DOI: 10.5693/djo.03.2019.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Jonathan T L Lee
- Department of Ophthalmology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Desoubeaux G, Debourgogne A, Wiederhold NP, Zaffino M, Sutton D, Burns RE, Frasca S, Hyatt MW, Cray C. Multi-locus sequence typing provides epidemiological insights for diseased sharks infected with fungi belonging to the Fusarium solani species complex. Med Mycol 2018; 56:591-601. [PMID: 29420818 DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myx089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2017] [Accepted: 08/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Fusarium spp. are saprobic moulds that are responsible for severe opportunistic infections in humans and animals. However, we need epidemiological tools to reliably trace the circulation of such fungal strains within medical or veterinary facilities, to recognize environmental contaminations that might lead to infection and to improve our understanding of factors responsible for the onset of outbreaks. In this study, we used molecular genotyping to investigate clustered cases of Fusarium solani species complex (FSSC) infection that occurred in eight Sphyrnidae sharks under managed care at a public aquarium. Genetic relationships between fungal strains were determined by multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) analysis based on DNA sequencing at five loci, followed by comparison with sequences of 50 epidemiologically unrelated FSSC strains. Our genotyping approach revealed that F. keratoplasticum and F. solani haplotype 9x were most commonly isolated. In one case, the infection proved to be with another Hypocrealian rare opportunistic pathogen Metarhizium robertsii. Twice, sharks proved to be infected with FSSC strains with the same MLST sequence type, supporting the hypothesis the hypothesis that common environmental populations of fungi existed for these sharks and would suggest the longtime persistence of the two clonal strains within the environment, perhaps in holding pools and life support systems of the aquarium. This study highlights how molecular tools like MLST can be used to investigate outbreaks of microbiological disease. This work reinforces the need for regular controls of water quality to reduce microbiological contamination due to waterborne microorganisms.
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- Guillaume Desoubeaux
- University of Miami, Division of Comparative Pathology, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Division of Comparative Pathology, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL - USA.,CHU de Tours, Service de Parasitologie - Mycologie - Médecine tropicale, Tours - France.,Université François-Rabelais, CEPR - INSERM U1100/Équipe 3, Faculté de Médecine, Tours - France
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- CHU de Nancy, Hôpital Brabois, Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy - France.,Université de Lorraine, SIMPA - EA 7300, Faculté de Médecine, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy - France
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- Fungus Testing Laboratory, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX - USA
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- Université de Lorraine, SIMPA - EA 7300, Faculté de Médecine, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy - France
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- Fungus Testing Laboratory, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX - USA
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- Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT - USA
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- Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT - USA
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- University of Miami, Division of Comparative Pathology, Department of Pathology ?& Laboratory Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Division of Comparative Pathology, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL - USA
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Schmidt V, Klasen L, Schneider J, Hübel J, Cramer K. Pulmonary fungal granulomas and fibrinous pneumonia caused by different hypocrealean fungi in reptiles. Vet Microbiol 2018; 225:58-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2018.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2018] [Revised: 08/15/2018] [Accepted: 09/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Treatment of Metarhizium fungal keratitis in the United Kingdom. Eye (Lond) 2018; 32:1790-1796. [PMID: 29887606 DOI: 10.1038/s41433-018-0134-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Accepted: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Derhy D, Sauer A, Sabou M, Letsch J, Candolfi E, Letscher-Bru V, Bourcier T. Surgical treatment of Metarhizium anisopliae sclerokeratitis and endophthalmitis. Indian J Ophthalmol 2017. [PMID: 28643721 PMCID: PMC5508467 DOI: 10.4103/ijo.ijo_461_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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A 55-year-old nurse was referred with a 5-month history of right eye corneal abscess. The initial injury occurred when doing lawn work. The infection worsened despite multiple antibiotic, antiviral, and steroid treatments. Visual acuity was limited to hand motion. On examination, there was keratitis, ocular hypertension, and a secondary cataract. Corneal scrapings grew a filamentous fungus, identified as Metarhizium anisopliae (MA). Despite intensive antifungal treatment with topical, intravitreous, and systemic voriconazole, purulent corneal melting and scleritis with endophthalmitis rapidly appeared. An emergency surgical procedure including sclerocorneal transplantation, cataract surgery, a pars plana vitrectomy using temporary keratoprosthesis, and scleral crosslinking was necessary. One year after the surgery, there was no recurrence of infection. Functional outcome remained very poor. This is the first case of sclerokeratitis and endophthalmitis caused by MA ever reported. The infection was successfully treated with an aggressive combination of medical and surgical treatments.
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- Dan Derhy
- Department of Ophthalmology, Strasbourg University Hospital, FMTS, University of Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Strasbourg University Hospital, FMTS, University of Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Parasitology and mycology laboratory, Strasbourg University Hospital; Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Diseases, Strasbourg University, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Strasbourg University Hospital, FMTS, University of Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Parasitology and mycology laboratory, Strasbourg University Hospital; Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Diseases, Strasbourg University, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Parasitology and mycology laboratory, Strasbourg University Hospital; Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Diseases, Strasbourg University, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Strasbourg University Hospital, FMTS, University of Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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Nourrisson C, Dupont D, Lavergne RA, Dorin J, Forouzanfar F, Denis J, Weeks K, Joubert R, Chiambaretta F, Bourcier T, Roux S, Sénéchal A, Benaïm G, Wallon M, Candolfi E, Letscher-Bru V, Poirier P, Sabou M. Species of Metarhizium anisopliae complex implicated in human infections: retrospective sequencing study. Clin Microbiol Infect 2017; 23:994-999. [PMID: 28487164 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2017] [Revised: 04/17/2017] [Accepted: 05/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Fungi belonging to the Metarhizium anisopliae complex comprise ubiquitous arthropod pathogenic moulds used as mycopesticides. Rare cases of human infections due to M. anisopliae have been reported. We hypothesize misidentifications of fungal strains implicated in these cases or used in mycopesticides. METHODS A review of the literature was conducted to identify previously published cases. We collected some of these previous described strains and reported new cases, and a French mycopesticide containing M. anisopliae. All identifications were performed based on elongation factor-1α gene sequencing. RESULTS We report eight new cases of Metarhizium infection in humans (three from France and five from Australia). The strains isolated from these cases, and three others from already published cases and reported as M. anisopliae, were molecularly identified based on elongation factor-1α (Ef1-α) gene sequencing as follows: Metarhizium robertsii (six), Metarhizium guizhouense (three), Metarhizium brunneum (one) and Metarhizium pingshaense (one). CONCLUSIONS In this study, we report new human cases of Metarhizium infections, and, based on Ef-1α gene sequencing, we demonstrate the misidentification of species in case reports. We also correct the species identification of a strain reported as M. anisopliae used in a commercially available mycopesticide. According to our results, none of the strains from the human infection reports reviewed belongs to the species M. anisopliae.
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- C Nourrisson
- Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France; Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS UMR 6023, Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome et environnement (LMGE), Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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- Institut de Parasitologie et de Mycologie Médicale, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France; Équipe WAKING, Physiologie intégrée du système d'éveil, centre de recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon Inserm U1028, CNRS UMR5292, université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Nantes, Département de Mycologie Médicale, Universités Nantes Atlantique, EA1155-IICiMed, Institut de Recherche en Santé 2, Nantes, France
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- Structure de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Département de Microbiologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Nancy, Hôpitaux de Brabois, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France
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- Laboratoire de Parasitologie et de Mycologie Médicale, Plateau Technique de Microbiologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire de Parasitologie et de Mycologie Médicale, Plateau Technique de Microbiologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France; Université de Strasbourg, Institut de Parasitologie et de Pathologie Tropicale, EA 7292, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle, Strasbourg, France
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- NSW Health Pathology, Department of Microbiology, The Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Service d'Ophtalmologie, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, F-63003 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Service d'Ophtalmologie, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, F-63003 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Service d'Ophtalmologie, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Département de maladies infectieuses et tropicales, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Service de pneumologie, hôpital Louis Pradel, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Service d'anatomie et cytologie pathologique, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Institut de Parasitologie et de Mycologie Médicale, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France; Équipe WAKING, Physiologie intégrée du système d'éveil, centre de recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon Inserm U1028, CNRS UMR5292, université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire de Parasitologie et de Mycologie Médicale, Plateau Technique de Microbiologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France; Université de Strasbourg, Institut de Parasitologie et de Pathologie Tropicale, EA 7292, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire de Parasitologie et de Mycologie Médicale, Plateau Technique de Microbiologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France; Université de Strasbourg, Institut de Parasitologie et de Pathologie Tropicale, EA 7292, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France; Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS UMR 6023, Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome et environnement (LMGE), Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Laboratoire de Parasitologie et de Mycologie Médicale, Plateau Technique de Microbiologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France; Université de Strasbourg, Institut de Parasitologie et de Pathologie Tropicale, EA 7292, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle, Strasbourg, France
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