First Human Case of Metacestode Infection Caused by Versteria sp. in a Kidney Transplant Recipient.

Barkati, SaphaSaphaBarkatiGottstein, BrunoBrunoGottstein0000-0003-0782-3723Müller, NorbertNorbertMüllerSheitoyan-Pesant, CarolineCarolineSheitoyan-PesantMetrakos, PeterPeterMetrakosChen, TianyanTianyanChenGarceau, RichardRichardGarceauLibman, Michael DMichael DLibmanNdao, MomarMomarNdaoYansouni, Cedric PCedric PYansouni2024-10-072024-10-072019-02-01https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/handle/20.500.12422/61699Cestodes are emerging agents of severe opportunistic infections among immunocompromised patients. We describe the first case of human infection, with the recently-proposed genus Versteria causing an invasive, tumor-like hepatic infection with regional and distant extension in a 53-year-old female kidney transplant recipient from Atlantic Canada.en600 - Technology::630 - Agriculture500 - Science::570 - Life sciences; biology600 - Technology::610 - Medicine & healthFirst Human Case of Metacestode Infection Caused by Versteria sp. in a Kidney Transplant Recipient.article10.7892/boris.1227423021285910.1093/cid/ciy602