Fatal skin and pulmonary infection caused by Hormographiella aspergillata in a leukaemic patient: case report and literature overview. Issue 6 (15th May 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bojic, Marija; Willinger, Birgit; Rath, Thomas; Tobudic, Selma; Thalhammer, Florian; Böhm, Alexandra; Mitterbauer, Margit; Schulenburg, Axel; Wöhrer, Stefan; Kalhs, Peter; Rabitsch, Werner
• Is Part Of: Mycoses. Volume 56:Issue 6(2013)
• Page Start: 687
• Page End: 689
• Publication Date: 2013-05-15
• Subjects: Hormographiella aspergillata -- haematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Pathogenic fungi -- Periodicals; Medical mycology -- Periodicals; 616.969
• DOI: 10.1111/myc.12087
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0933-7407

Abstract

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.