Avelino-Silva Vivian Iida, Ramos Jessica Fernandes, Leal Fabio Eudes, Testagrossa Leonardo, Novis Yana Sarkis
Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Hospital Sirio-Libanês, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Hospital Sirio-Libanês, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Braz J Infect Dis. 2015 Jan-Feb;19(1):90-3. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2014.08.009. Epub 2014 Oct 13.
Disseminated infection by Fusarium is a rare, frequently lethal condition in severely immunocompromised patients, including bone marrow transplant recipients. However, autologous bone marrow transplant recipients are not expected to be at high risk to develop fusariosis. We report a rare case of lethal disseminated Fusarium infection in an autologous bone marrow transplant recipient during pre-engraftment phase.
镰刀菌的播散性感染在包括骨髓移植受者在内的严重免疫功能低下患者中是一种罕见且常致命的病症。然而,自体骨髓移植受者预计发生镰刀菌病的风险并不高。我们报告了1例自体骨髓移植受者在植入前阶段发生致命性播散性镰刀菌感染的罕见病例。