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Aspergillosis
New findings in aspergillosis described by R. Kano and co-researchers
September 9th, 2008
"Aspergillus fumigatus is the predominant etiological agent of sino-orbital aspergillosis in humans and animals," scientists writing in the journal Mycoses report. "Here we report for the first time A. udagawae, a previously recognised but rare opportunistic pathogen causing fatal orbital aspergillosis in a cat. Identification of this isolate was secured by comparative sequence based analyses of the ITS and the beta tubulin region," wrote R. Kano and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "Antifungal susceptibility testing results revealed that this isolate had high in vitro MIC to amphotericin B (AMB) that correlated with in vivo failure of...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-09)
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