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Successful Treatment of Ochroconis gallopavum Infection in an Immunocompetent Host

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Ochroconis gallopavum, a dematiaceous fungus, is a rare cause disease in immunocompromised patients and epidemic encephalitis in poultry. We report the first case of active O. gallopavum pulmonary infection in an immunocompetent host with rapid and complete response to oral antifungal therapy.

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  1. Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3136, Durham, NC, 27710, USA

    J. W. Hollingsworth & S. Shofer

  2. Division of Infectious Disease and International Health, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

    A. Zaas

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Hollingsworth, J.W., Shofer, S. & Zaas, A. Successful Treatment of Ochroconis gallopavum Infection in an Immunocompetent Host. Infection 35, 367–369 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-007-6054-7

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