On-site sequencing of Polyporales sp. isolated from a rare lung fungal infection using Oxford nanopore flongle

• Main Authors: Zainulabid, Ummu Afeera, Abdul Azih, Muhammad Naimmuddin, Abd. Fuaat, Azliana, Abidin, Mohd Radhwan, Ahmad, Hajar Fauzan
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: AIP Publishing 2023
• Subjects: RC Internal medicine; RC111 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/103645/1/103645_On-site%20sequencing%20of%20Polyporales%20sp..pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/103645/2/103645_On-site%20sequencing%20of%20Polyporales%20sp._SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/103645/; https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/5.0114348
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Fungal infection is rarely reported in immunocompetent retroviral disease patients. We report a first case of a 42- year-old man with underlying retroviral disease on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) who was infected with pulmonary Polyporales sp. Despite undetected viral load with high...