Cunninghamella bertholletiae

Cunninghamella bertholletiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Order: Mucorales
Family: Cunninghamellaceae
Genus: Cunninghamella
Species: C. bertholletiae

Cunninghamella bertholletiae is a species of Cunninghamella.

It is an opportunistic human pathogen, causing diseases such as rhino-cerebral infection,[1] pneumonia,[2][3] cutaneoarticular mucormycosis[4] or peritonitis.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ Righi, E.; Giacomazzi, C. G.; Lindstrom, V.; Albarello, A.; Soro, O.; Miglino, M.; Perotti, M.; Varnier, O. E.; Gobbi, M.; Viscoli, C.; Bassetti, M. (2008). "A Case of Cunninghamella bertholettiae Rhino-cerebral Infection in a Leukaemic Patient and Review of Recent Published Studies". Mycopathologia 165 (6): 407–410. doi:10.1007/s11046-008-9098-z. PMID 18340546.
  2. ↑ Koyama, N.; Nagata, M.; Hagiwara, K.; Kanazawa, M. (2008). "Survival of a patient with pulmonary Cunninghamella bertholletiae infection without surgical intervention". Respirology 13 (2): 309–311. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1843.2008.01234.x. PMID 18339036.
  3. ↑ Kiehn, T. E.; Edwards, F.; Armstrong, D.; Rosen, P. P.; Weitzman, I. (1979). "Pneumonia caused by Cunninghamella bertholletiae complicating chronic lymphatic leukemia". Journal of clinical microbiology 10 (3): 374–379. PMC 273172. PMID 489724.
  4. ↑ Mostaza, J. M.; Barbado, F. J.; Fernandez-Martin, J.; Pena-Yanez, J.; Vazquez-Rodriguez, J. J. (1989). "Cutaneoarticular Mucormycosis Due to Cunninghamella bertholletiae in a Patient with AIDS". Clinical Infectious Diseases 11 (2): 316. doi:10.1093/clinids/11.2.316.
  5. ↑ Pimentel, J. D.; Dreyer, G.; Lum, G. D. (2006). "Peritonitis due to Cunninghamella bertholletiae in a patient undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis". Journal of Medical Microbiology 55 (Pt 1): 115–118. doi:10.1099/jmm.0.46202-0. PMID 16388039.