Paecilomyces lilacinus vaginitis in an immuno-competent patient
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Protocols for Vaginal Inoculation and Sample Collection in the Experimental Mouse Model of Candida vaginitis
Published on: December 8, 2011
Jeanne Carey1, Ron D'Amico, Deanna A Sutton
1Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York 10003, USA. jcarey@bethisraelny.org
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|October 2, 2003
Abstract:
Paecilomyces lilacinus, an environmental mold found in soil and vegetation, rarely causes human infection. We report the first case of P. lilacinus isolated from a vaginal culture in a patient with vaginitis.
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