Disseminated Emergomycosis in a Person with HIV Infection, Uganda
Isabelle Rooms, Peter Mugisha, Thilo Gambichler, Eva Hadaschik, Stefan Esser, Peter-Michael Rath, Gerhard Haase, Dunja Wilmes, Ilka McCormick-Smith, and Volker Rickerts
Author affiliations: University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany (I. Rooms, E. Hadaschik, S. Esser); Mbarara Referral Hospital, Mbarara, Uganda (P. Mugisha); St. Joseph Hospital Bochum, Bochum, Germany (T. Gambichler); University Hospital Essen, Essen (P.-M. Rath); RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany (G. Haase); Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany (D. Wilmes, I. McCormick-Smith, V. Rickerts)
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Figure. Imaging from investigation of emergomycosis in a 38-year-old woman from Rwanda with HIV infection living in Uganda. A) Skin lesion on face. B) Histopathology of skin biopsy specimen (Grocott stain) showing multiple budding yeast cells (2–3 µm), mostly in clusters. Scale bar indicates 5 µm.
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