Fatal skin and pulmonary infection caused by Hormographiella aspergillata in a leukaemic patient: case report and literature overview

Summary Invasive systemic fungal infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. We report the case of a fatal infection with Hormographiella aspergillata in a patient undergoing allogenic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation f...

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Published in:Mycoses 2013-11, Vol.56 (6), p.687-689
Main Authors: Bojic, Marija, Willinger, Birgit, Rath, Thomas, Tobudic, Selma, Thalhammer, Florian, Böhm, Alexandra, Mitterbauer, Margit, Schulenburg, Axel, Wöhrer, Stefan, Kalhs, Peter, Rabitsch, Werner
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agaricales - isolation & purification
Case reports
Dermatomycoses - complications
Dermatomycoses - diagnosis
Dermatomycoses - microbiology
Dermatomycoses - pathology
Fatal Outcome
Female
haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation - adverse effects
Hormographiella aspergillata
Humans
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute - complications
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute - therapy
Lung Diseases, Fungal - complications
Lung Diseases, Fungal - diagnosis
Lung Diseases, Fungal - microbiology
Lung Diseases, Fungal - pathology
Middle Aged
Transplantation, Homologous - adverse effects
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Summary:Summary Invasive systemic fungal infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. We report the case of a fatal infection with Hormographiella aspergillata in a patient undergoing allogenic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for acute myeloid leukaemia.
ISSN:0933-7407
1439-0507
DOI:10.1111/myc.12087