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SUBMITTER: Lehman B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6590738 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lehman Bethany B Leal Sixto M SM Procop Gary W GW O'Connell Elise E Shaik Jahangheer J Nash Theodore E TE Nutman Thomas B TB Jones Stephen S Braunthal Stephanie S Shah Shetal N SN Cruise Michael W MW Mukhopadhyay Sanjay S Banzon Jona J
Emerging infectious diseases 20190701 7
A patient in Pennsylvania, USA, with common variable immunodeficiency sought care for fever, cough, and abdominal pain. Imaging revealed lesions involving multiple organs. Liver resection demonstrated necrotizing granulomas, recognizable tegument, and calcareous corpuscles indicative of an invasive cestode infection. Sequencing revealed 98% identity to a Versteria species of cestode found in mink. ...[more]