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| Rare emerging disease claims Texas girl's leg: PCR plus sequencing identified culprit Posted: 16 Apr 2012 12:04 PM PDT A 14-year-old Texas girl was finally cured of an oft-fatal emerging disease when doctors amputed her lower leg, where the infection arose, after various antimicrobials proved ineffective. The culprit was Pythium insidiosum, a fungus-like microbe which rarely causes disease in humans and then primarily in Thailand. |
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