Systemic Mycoses by Novel Onygenalean Fungal Pathogens <i>Emergomyces</i> spp and <i>Blastomyces percursus</i> in Rwanda
We report 2 cases of infection by fungi unprecedented in Rwanda. One patient with emergomycosis presented with disseminated disease and prominent cutaneous involvement and one patient with African blastomycosis had cutaneous and osseous disease. These cases illustrate the clinicopathologic and molecular traits of novel dimorphic onygenalean species in Rwanda.
Authors
- Alvaro C. Laga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1282-2274)
- Raquel Vilela (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0943-3948)
- Déogratias Ruhangaza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2532-2017)
- Leonel Mendoza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7769-2151)
- Annie Isabelle Izimukwiye
Institutions
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (BR)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Rwanda Military Hospital (RW)
- University Teaching Hospital of Butare (RW)
- Michigan State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-08-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae511
- Primary Topic
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00