First description of a local Coprinopsis cinerea skin and soft tissue infection.

ABSTRACT: Coprinopsis cinerea is an environmental fungus which can cause disseminated infections in immunocompromised patients, often leading to death. Here we report the case of a paediatric patient with an invasive wound infection due to C. cinerea, which was successfully treated with surgical debridement and oral posaconazole.

SUBMITTER: Correa-Martinez C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5847965 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature