title: Airway colonization by Acrophialophora fusispora in patients with cystic fibrosis.
abstract: Acrophialophora fusispora is a thermotolerant soil fungus which is very unusual in clinical samples. Here we report four cases of transient or chronic airway colonization by A. fusispora in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). However, the prevalence of this fungus in CF patients may be underestimated due to the currently poor knowledge of this fungus in most of the medical mycology laboratories. In addition, its clinical importance regarding CF remains to be evaluated.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, 4 rue Larrey, 49033 Angers Cedex 01, France. Becimon@chu-angers.fr
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cimon
authors.forename: Svetlana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Challier
authors.forename: Hugues
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Béguin
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carrère
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chabasse
authors.forename: Jean-Philippe
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bouchara
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001980:Bronchi / Q000382:microbiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*