Invasive Trichoderma longibrachiatum infection in a neutropaenic patient

Invasive fungal infection is a life-threatening complication of chemotherapy and neutropaenia in the haematology population. Trichoderma species rarely cause human disease but have been reported to cause invasive infection in the immunosuppressed. We present a case of invasive Trichoderma longibrach...

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發表在:Medical Mycology Case Reports
Main Authors: Penelope J. Teoh, Emma McGuire, Andrew M. Borman, Rebecca Gorton, Andrew J. Wilson, Chloe Merrion, Vanya Gant
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語言:英语
出版: Elsevier 2024-09-01
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在線閱讀:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753924000307
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總結:Invasive fungal infection is a life-threatening complication of chemotherapy and neutropaenia in the haematology population. Trichoderma species rarely cause human disease but have been reported to cause invasive infection in the immunosuppressed. We present a case of invasive Trichoderma longibrachiatum pulmonary infection with fatal outcome in a neutropaenic patient with acute myeloid leukaemia. 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
ISSN:2211-7539