reviewClinical Microbiology ReviewsJan 1, 2008BRONZE OA

Infections Caused by Scedosporium spp

KJKaroll J. CortezEREmmanuel RoilidesFQFlavio Quiroz-TellesJMJoseph MeletiadisCACharalampos Antachopoulos

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center · +3 more institutions

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Abstract

Scedosporium spp. are increasingly recognized as causes of resistant life-threatening infections in immunocompromised patients. Scedosporium spp. also cause a wide spectrum of conditions, including mycetoma, saprobic involvement and colonization of the airways, sinopulmonary infections, extrapulmonary localized infections, and disseminated infections. Invasive scedosporium infections are also associated with central nervous infection following near-drowning accidents. The most common sites of infection are the lungs, sinuses, bones, joints, eyes, and brain. Scedosporium apiospermum and Scedosporium prolificans are the two principal medically important species of this genus. Pseudallescheria boydii, the…

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  • Scedosporium apiospermum
  • Biology
  • Immunosuppression
  • Microbiology
  • Antifungal
  • Voriconazole
  • Immunology
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Life below water
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