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ORPHA:633124Disease
What it is
A rare mycosis characterized by disseminated or localized deep tissue infections due to invasive scopulariopsis (that are commonly responsible for non-invasive infections) infection in both immunocompetent and immunosuppressed patients (mostly treated with high dose chemotherapy and/or received a stem cell transplantation). Clinical features may include endocarditis, brain abscess, cutaneous infections, pulmonary infections, endophthalmitis, invasive sinusitis and peritonitis that are often life threatening.
Key facts
- Prevalence
- <1 / 1 000 000 (Europe)
- Age of onset
- Adolescent, Adult, Childhood, Elderly
- Inheritance
- Not applicable
- Classified as
- Disease
Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.
ICD-10 codes
ICD-10 has no distinct code for most rare diseases, so many are filed under the nearest available one. A shared code identifies the group, not this disease — the ORPHAcode above is what identifies it.
Cross-references
Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.
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