Fungemia and necrotic lymph node infection with Sporopachydermia cereana in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia

Fungemia and necrotic lymph node infection with Sporopachydermia cereana in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia

Sporopachydermia cereana is a rare yeast found in necrotic cactus tissue, predominantly in the Americas. Infection in humans with clinical data has only been reported in four patients so far, all of whom died, either directly from the pathogen or from other complications of immunosuppression. Treatm...

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Main Authors: Craig Kingston, Michael Medinger, Florian Banderet-Uglioni, Stefano Bassetti, Mario Bargetzi, Sebastian Haubitz, Christoph A. Fux, Veronika Bättig, Daniel Goldenberger, Jakob Passweg, Marc Heizmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-08-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Acute myeloid leukemia
Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Mycotic opportunistic infection
Sporopachydermia cereana
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971217301716

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