title: Monascus ruber: invasive gastric infection caused by dried and salted fish consumption.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Hôpital Rangueil, Toulouse, France. xabierlete@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Iriart
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fior
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blanchet
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berry
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Neron
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aznar
mesh_terms: 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*