Rhizopus microsporus Infections Associated with Surgical Procedures, Argentina, 2006–2014

Rhizopus microsporus Infections Associated with Surgical Procedures, Argentina, 2006–2014

Rhizopus spp. fungi are ubiquitous in the environment and a rare but substantial cause of infection in immunosuppressed persons and surgery patients. During 2005–2017, an abnormally high number of Rhizopus infections in surgery patients, with no apparent epidemiologic links, were reported in Argenti...

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Main Authors: Jolene R. Bowers, Juan Monroy-Nieto, Lalitha Gade, Jason Travis, Nicolás Refojo, Ruben Abrantes, Jorge Santander, Chris French, María Cecilia Dignani, Alejandra Ines Hevia, Chandler C. Roe, Darrin Lemmer, Shawn R. Lockhart, Tom Chiller, Anastasia P. Litvintseva, Liliana Clara, David M. Engelthaler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Rhizopus microsporus
outbreak
whole-genome sequencing
surgical infections
surgical procedures
fungi
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-1045_article

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