Ventura G J, Kantarjian H M, Anaissie E, Hopfer R L, Fainstein V
Cancer. 1986 Oct 1;58(7):1534-6. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19861001)58:7<1534::aid-cncr2820580725>3.0.co;2-0.
A patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia in blastic crisis who developed pulmonary and systemic infection with Cunninghamella species is described. The emerging role of this newly recognized pathogen in immunocompromised patients is discussed.