Department of Microbiology, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India.
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India.
J Mycol Med. 2022 Aug;32(3):101279. doi: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2022.101279. Epub 2022 Apr 22.
Pythiosis, caused by Pythium insidiosum (a fungal-like stramenipila, a group of eukaryotes away from the true fungi). Pythium insidiosum causes rare human and animal infections. Transmission from animals to human is yet to be reported. Wet soil and plants near watery environments are the source of infection. We report here a fatal case of human pythiosis in a 9-year old child with acute myeloid leukemia. Organism was identified by DNA sequencing.
棘球蚴病,由棘球蚴(一种真菌样的丝孢纲生物,一组与真正真菌不同的真核生物)引起。棘球蚴病罕见地导致人类和动物感染。目前尚未有动物向人类传播的报道。潮湿的土壤和靠近水域的植物是感染源。我们在此报告一例急性髓细胞白血病 9 岁儿童的致命性人类棘球蚴病病例。通过 DNA 测序鉴定了病原体。