Invasive Scopulariopsis brevicaulis infection in an immunocompromised patient and review of prior cases caused by Scopulariopsis and Microascus species.

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Published in Med Mycol on April 23, 2012

Authors

Peter C Iwen1, Stephanie D Schutte, Diana F Florescu, Rhonda K Noel-Hurst, Lynne Sigler

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-5900, USA. piwen@unmc.edu

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