Cokeromyces recurvatus, a mucoraceous zygomycete rarely isolated in clinical laboratories.
AUTOR(ES)
Kemna, M E
RESUMO
Cokeromyces recurvatus Poitras was isolated from an endocervical specimen obtained from a 37-year-old, insulin-dependent diabetic. The patient's diabetic condition had been well controlled for 10 years, and she had no other known medical problem. This is only the fourth time that this zygomycete has been recovered from a human source. While there was no evidence of tissue invasion in the present patient, the observation of fungus-like structures in two separate Papanicolaou-stained cervical smears prepared 1 year apart suggests that C. recurvatus may be capable of colonizing endocervical tissue.
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