Monascus ruber: invasive gastric infection caused by dried and salted fish consumption

J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Oct;48(10):3800-2. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01000-10. Epub 2010 Aug 4.

Abstract

We report a case of invasive gastric infection caused by Monascus ruber observed in a patient from French Guiana with gastric adenocarcinoma. The originality of this case is that, first, this invasive mycosis is extremely rare and, second, the probable mode of infection was by the consumption of Monascus ruber-contaminated food.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / complications*
  • Animals
  • Fishes
  • Food Microbiology*
  • French Guiana
  • Gastritis / diagnosis*
  • Gastritis / microbiology
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microscopy
  • Middle Aged
  • Monascus / isolation & purification*
  • Mycoses / diagnosis*
  • Mycoses / microbiology
  • Stomach Neoplasms / complications*