Lomentospora prolificans fungemia in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients: First report in South America and literature review. Issue 4 (9th May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Penteado, Fernando D.; Litvinov, Nadia; Sztajnbok, Jaques; Thomaz, Danilo Y.; dos Santos, Antonio M.; Vasconcelos, Dewton M.; Motta, Adriana L.; Rossi, Flávia; Fernandes, Juliana F.; Marques, Heloisa Helena S.; Benard, Gil; de Almeida, João N.
• Is Part Of: Transplant infectious disease. Volume 20:Issue 4(2018)
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• Publication Date: 2018-05-09
• Subjects: Brazil -- Fungemia -- Lomentospora prolificans -- stem cell transplantation; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc -- Complications -- Periodicals; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 617.01
• DOI: 10.1111/tid.12908
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1398-2273

Abstract

Abstract: Lomentospora prolificans is a filamentous fungus and an emerging pathogen in immunocompromised patients. It is encountered most commonly in Australia, Spain, and USA. We described the first case of Lomentospora prolificans fungemia in South America. The patient was a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipient who developed the infection 37 days after stem cells infusion. In addition, we performed a literature review of invasive lomentosporiosis in HSCT patients.