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Volume 26, Number 9—September 2020
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Invasive Infections with Nannizziopsis obscura Species Complex in 9 Patients from West Africa, France, 2004–20201

Dea Garcia-HermosoComments to Author , Samia Hamane, Arnaud Fekkar, Arnaud Jabet, Blandine Denis, Martin Siguier, Guy Galeazzi, Elie Haddad, Sophie Brun, Valérie Vidal, Gilles Nevez, Rozenn Le Berre, Maud Gits-Muselli, Fanny Lanternier, and Stéphane Bretagne
Author affiliations: Institut Pasteur, Paris, France (D. Garcia-Hermoso, F. Lanternier, S. Bretagne); Hôpitaux Lariboisière–Saint-Louis-Fernand Widal, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (S. Hamane, A. Jabet, B. Denis, M. Siguier, M. Gits-Muselli, S. Bretagne); Groupe Hospitalier Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Sorbonne Université, Paris (A. Fekkar); Hôpital Max Fourestier, Nanterre, France (G. Galeazzi); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Hôtel-Dieu de France, Université de Saint-Joseph, Beirut, Lebanon (E. Haddad); Hôpital Avicenne, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Bobigny, France (S. Brun, V. Vidal); Hôpital La Cavale Blanche, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Brest, Brest, France (G. Nevez, R. Le Berre); Université Paris 13, Paris (S. Brun); Université de Paris, Paris (M. Gits-Muselli, F. Lanternier, S. Bretagne)

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Figure 1

Features of Nannizziopsis obscura infections in patients from West Africa, France 2004–2020. A) Ulcerative lesions. B) Septate hyphae and arthroconidia on a calcofluor white direct examination (original magnification ×200). C) Macroscopic aspect on Sabouraud dextrose agar at 7 days. D) Septate conidiophore bearing clavate and sessile conidia. E) Undulate hyphae. F) Barrel-shaped arthroconidia. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.

Figure 1. Features of Nannizziopsis obscura infections in patients from West Africa, France 2004–2020. A) Ulcerative lesions. B) Septate hyphae and arthroconidia on a calcofluor white direct examination (original magnification ×200). C) Macroscopic aspect on Sabouraud dextrose agar at 7 days. D) Septate conidiophore bearing clavate and sessile conidia. E) Undulate hyphae. F) Barrel-shaped arthroconidia. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.

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1Preliminary results of this study were presented at the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology, June 30–July 4, 2018, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (poster 174, Medical Mycology 56, Supplement 2).

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