Monascus ruber: invasive gastric infection caused by dried and salted fish consumption.
We report a case of invasive gastric infection caused by Monascus ruber observed in a patient from French Guiana with gastric adenocarcinoma. The originality of this case is that, first, this invasive mycosis is extremely rare and, second, the probable mode of infection was by the consumption of Monascus ruber-contaminated food.
Iriart
Xavier
X
Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Hôpital Rangueil, Toulouse, France. xabierlete@yahoo.fr
Fior
Angela
A
Blanchet
Denis
D
Berry
Antoine
A
Neron
Paul
P
Aznar
Christine
C
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D000818:Animals; D005399:Fishes; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005616:French Guiana; D005756:Gastritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D032741:Monascus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*