| Title | Rhizomucor variabilis var regularior and Hormographiella aspergillata Infections in a Leukemic Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient with Refractory Neutropenia. | | Author(s) | Abuali MM, Posada R, Del Toro G, Roman E, Ramani R, Chaturvedi S, Chaturvedi V, Labombardi VJ | | Institution | Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Jack Martin Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, and Microbiology Laboratory, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY; and Mycology Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY. | | Source | J Clin Microbiol 2009 Oct 21. | | Abstract | Rhizomucor variabilis and Hormographiella aspergillata rarely cause human infections. This report details a fatal case in a 14 year old female with leukemia post hematopoietic cell transplant and relapse with refractory pancytopenia. The patient first developed R. variabilis var. variabilis palate infection and later developed a cutaneous H. aspergillata infection while on posaconazole and caspofungin therapy. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19846651 |
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