title: The polypore mushroom Irpex lacteus, a new causative agent of fungal infections.
abstract: Irpex lacteus, a wood-decaying basidiomycete, was isolated from a pulmonary abscess of an immunosuppressed child. This medical strain was compared morphologically and by sequencing of the ribosomal intergenic spacers with specimens from both culture collections and herbarium desiccated material. The patient was treated successfully with amphotericin B.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene, Medical University Graz, Graz A 8010, Austria. walter.buzina@meduni-graz.at
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Buzina
authors.forename: Cornelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lass-Flörl
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kropshofer
authors.forename: Martin C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Freund
authors.forename: Egon
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marth
mesh_terms: D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000032:analysis; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D000666:Amphotericin B