Fulminant Rhizomucor pusillus mucormycosis during anti-leukemic treatment with blinatumomab in a child: A case report and review of the literature

Fulminant Rhizomucor pusillus mucormycosis during anti-leukemic treatment with blinatumomab in a child: A case report and review of the literature

This is the first published case report of a child with acute lymphatic leukemia developing a fatal mucormycosis during blinatumomab treatment. The patient showed multiple, systemic thromboembolic lesions with ischemia, bleeding and infarction in almost all organs. The child succumbed to increased b...

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Main Authors: Sarah Schober, Karin Melanie Cabanillas Stanchi, Anna Riecker, Matthias Pfeiffer, Ilias Tsiflikas, Gesa Wiegand, Leticia Quintanilla-Martinez, Susanne Haen, Martin Ebinger, Peter Lang, Rupert Handgretinger, Michaela Döring
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Medical Mycology Case Reports
Subjects:
Mucormycosis
Pediatric patients
Rhizomucor pusillus
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia relapse
Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753920300658

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