Cokeromyces recurvatus
| Cokeromyces recurvatus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Order: | Mucorales |
| Family: | Thamnidiaceae[1] |
| Genus: | Cokeromyces |
| Species: | C. recurvatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cokeromyces recurvatus Poitras (1950)[2] | |
Cokeromyces recurvatus is a pathogenic fungus.[3][4] Described as a new species in 1950, it was isolated from rabbit dung collected in Illinois.[2]
It appears similar to Coccidioides immitis.[5]
References
- ↑ Thieken A, Winkelmann G (1992). "Rhizoferrin: a complexone type siderophore of the Mucorales and entomophthorales (Zygomycetes)". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 73 (1–2): 37–41. doi:10.1016/0378-1097(92)90579-D. PMID 1387861.
- 1 2 Shanor L, Poitras AW, Benjamin RK (1950). "A new genus of the Choanephoraceae". Mycologia. 42 (2): 271–8. doi:10.2307/3755440. JSTOR 3755440.
- ↑ Tsai TW, Hammond LA, Rinaldi M, et al. (1997). "Cokeromyces recurvatus infection in a bone marrow transplant recipient". Bone Marrow Transplantion. 19 (3): 301–2. doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1700647. PMID 9028564.
- ↑ Alvarez OA, Maples JA, Tio FO, Lee M (1995). "Severe diarrhea due to Cokeromyces recurvatus in a bone marrow transplant recipient". American Journal of Gastroenterology. 90 (8): 1350–1. PMID 7639250.
- ↑ Ryan LJ, Ferrieri P, Powell R, Zeki S, Pambuccian S (2009). "Fatal Cokeromyces recurvatus pneumonia: report of a case highlighting the potential for histopathologic misdiagnosis as coccidoides". International Journal of Surgical Pathology. 19 (3): 373–6. doi:10.1177/1066896908330483. PMID 19147507.
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