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ArticleMycopathologia2019

Long-Term Carriage of Medicopsis romeroi, an Agent of Black-Grain Mycetoma, Presenting as Phaeohyphomycosis in a Renal Transplant Patient.

Joshua A Lieberman, Joseph Fiorito, Doug Ichikawa, Ferric C Fang, Robert M Rakita, Lori Bourassa

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Article in Mycopathologia, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joshua A LiebermanDivision of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0376-1337
Joseph FioritoDepartment of Podiatry, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Doug IchikawaDepartment of Podiatry, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Ferric C FangDivision of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3243-110X
Robert M RakitaDivision of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8105-8455
Lori BourassaDivision of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA. bourassa@uw.edu.
University of Washington Medical Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medicopsis species are rare fungal pathogens that frequently resist common antifungal therapies and are difficult to identify morphologically as conidia are produced in pycnidia, a key feature of coelomycetes. Immunocompromised patients are at risk of these infections, even after remote exposure, and typically present with phaeohyphomycoses without dissemination. We present the case of a renal transplant recipient 6.5 years post-transplant who developed a slowly progressive soft tissue infection mimicking a synovial cyst. A cultured isolate was identified as Medicopsis romeroi by sequencing of multiple ribosomal loci. The patient responded well to debridement and posaconazole therapy. Solid-organ transplant patients are at risk of opportunistic fungal infection long after transplant, and molecular methods are often required for definitive identification.

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Immunocompromised HostTransplant RecipientsAgedAscomycotaCarrier StateDNA, RibosomalFemaleHumansKidney TransplantationPhaeohyphomycosisSequence Analysis, DNASoft Tissue InfectionsDNA, RibosomalCoelomyceteDematiaceousMedicopsisMycetomaPhaeohyphomycosisSolid-organ transplant

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