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Volume 26, Number 5—May 2020
Research

Rhizopus microsporus Infections Associated with Surgical Procedures, Argentina, 2006–2014

Jolene R. BowersComments to Author , Juan Monroy-Nieto, Lalitha Gade, Jason Travis, Nicolás Refojo, Ruben Abrantes, Jorge Santander, Chris French, María Cecilia Dignani, Alejandra Ines Hevia, Chandler C. Roe, Darrin Lemmer, Shawn R. Lockhart, Tom Chiller, Anastasia P. Litvintseva, Liliana Clara, and David M. Engelthaler
Author affiliations: Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA (J.R. Bowers, J. Monroy-Nieto, J. Travis, C. French, D. Lemmer, D.M. Engelthaler); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (L. Gade, S.R. Lockhart, T. Chiller, A.P. Litvintseva); Departamento Micología, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas “Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán,” Buenos Aires, Argentina (N. Refojo, R. Abrantes, A.I. Hevia); Asociación Argentina de Artroscopía, Buenos Aires (J. Santander, M.C. Dignani); Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Flagstaff (C.C. Roe); Infection Committee of the Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires (L. Clara)

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Table

Characteristics for controls and patients with Rhizopus microsporus infection associated with surgical procedures in Argentina, 2006–2014*

Isolate
 R. microsporus variety
 Genome assembly size, Mbp
 GC content, %
 Year
 Surgery
 Isolate site
 Patient age, y
 US state/Argentina province
Control†
B05459 Rhizopodiformis 25.1 37.2 NA NA NA NA NA
B06590 Oligosporus 45.3 37.1 2003 NA NA NA NA
B06600 Oligosporus 46.5 36.6 2003 NA NA NA NA
B07367 Rhizopodiformis 25.0 37.3 2008 NA NA NA Georgia
B07386 Microsporus 30.2‡ 39.1‡ 2008 NA Skin NA NA
B07585 Microsporus 29.2‡ 39.5‡ 2009 NA NA NA NA
B07643 Rhizopodiformis 25.1 37.3 2009 NA NA NA Georgia
B07675 Rhizopodiformis 25.1 37.3 2009 NA Chest tissue NA Utah
B08956 Microsporus 28.7‡ 40.3‡ 2010 NA Respiratory NA Georgia
B10187 Rhizopodiformis 25.1 37.3 2013 NA Wound NA Georgia
B10548 Rhizopodiformis 25.1 37.3 2013 NA NA NA Pennsylvania
B10881 Rhizopodiformis 25.1 37.3 2014 NA Axilla tissue NA Colorado
B11147
 Rhizopodiformis
 25.1
 37.3
 2015
 NA
BAL
 NA
 Colorado
Patient†
B11523 Rhizopodiformis 25.5 37.3 2011 Other (chest) Sternum muscle <18 Caba
B11526 Rhizopodiformis 25.1 37.3 2010 Knee Bone, soft tissue biopsy 18–35 Mendoza
B11529 Rhizopodiformis 25.1 37.3 2011 Knee Knee 18–35 Entre Rios
B11531 Rhizopodiformis 25.1 37.3 2006 Knee Bone 18–35 Santa Fé
B11532 Rhizopodiformis 25.1 37.3 2011 Renal transplant Abdominal fluid 35–65 Tucuman
B11533 Rhizopodiformis 27.7 37.3 2011 Renal transplant Abdominal fluid 35–65 Tucuman
B11534 Rhizopodiformis 25.1 37.3 2010 Knee ACL 18–35 Mendoza
B11535 Rhizopodiformis 25.1 37.3 2011 Unknown Surgical site <18 Caba
B11538 Rhizopodiformis 25.1 37.3 2011 Other (chest) Surgical site <18 Caba
B11539 Rhizopodiformis 25.1 37.3 2011 Renal transplant Surgical site 35–65 Entre Rios
B11540 Rhizopodiformis 25.1 37.3 2011 Renal transplant Abdominal fluid 35–65 Tucuman
B11541 Microsporus 50.1 37.3 2011 Renal transplant Surgical site 35–65 Entre Rios
B11543 Rhizopodiformis 25.1 37.3 2011 Knee Femur 18–35 Entre Rios
B11546 Rhizopodiformis 25.1 37.3 2011 Other (hip replacement) Hip >65 Corrientes
B11547 Rhizopodiformis 25.1 37.3 2006 Knee Femur 18–35 San Juan
B11549 Rhizopodiformis 25.0 37.3 2011 Environmental surface Environmental surface Entre Rios
B11550 Rhizopodiformis 25.0 37.3 2008 Knee Knee 18–35 Gran Buenos Aires
B11551 Rhizopodiformis 25.1 37.3 2010 Other (unknown) Abdominal cavity <18 Salta
B11552 Rhizopodiformis 25.1 37.3 2010 Renal transplant Surgical site 35–65 Entre Rios
B11553 Rhizopodiformis 25.2 37.3 2011 Knee Knee 18–35 Cordoba
B11554 Rhizopodiformis 45.7 37.1 2014 Knee Bone 18–35 Santa Fe
B11555 Rhizopodiformis 25.5 37.3 2011 Other (chest) Pericardial fluid <18 Caba
B11556 Rhizopodiformis 25.1 37.3 2009 Knee Knee <18 Gran Buenos Aires
B11557 Microsporus 43.7 37.2 2013 Renal transplant Renal tissue 35–65 Salta

*ACL, anterior cruciate ligament; BAL, broncho-alveolar lavage sample; NA, not available.
†Controls from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2003–2015; patients from Argentina with R. microsporus infection associated with surgical procedures, 2006–2014.
‡These genomes include sequence for Burkholderia rhizoxinica, a known symbiont of Rhizopus.

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