Human deep tissue infection with an entomopathogenic Beauveria species

ISSN
1098-660X
0095-1137
Date Issued
2002
Author(s)
Henke, M. O.
de Hoog, G. S.
Zimmerman, G.
Kraemer, Doris
DOI
10.1128/JCM.40.7.2698-2702.2002
Abstract
Beauveria spp. are ubiquitous fungal entomopathogens that are commercially distributed as biological insecticides worldwide. In this paper we describe the clinical manifestation, diagnosis, and therapy of the first documented human deep tissue infection with an entomopathogenic Beauveria species in a patient receiving immunosuppressive therapy and describe the morphological and molecular characterization of the mold.