Penicillium brevicompactum as the cause of a necrotic lung ball in an allogeneic bone marrow transplant recipient.
Bone Marrow Transplant
; 18(6): 1189-93, 1996 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-8971395
ABSTRACT
The non-Candida, non-Aspergillus fungal infections are being reported with increasing frequency in BMT patients. One of these agents is Penicillium which has rarely been implicated as a pathogen in these patients. Only a few cases of isolated fungemias have been reported to date. We present the first documented case of invasive lung infection due to Penicillium brevicompactum in an allogeneic BMT recipient. As this case shows, the diagnosis of non-Candida, non-Aspergillus fungal infections may be incorrect if only histologic findings are available, mainly because misdiagnosis with other more common fungus can occur. A positive culture is required in order to make an accurate diagnosis.
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Assunto principal:
Penicillium
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Infecções Oportunistas
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Transplante de Medula Óssea
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Pneumopatias Fúngicas
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Bone Marrow Transplant
Assunto da revista:
TRANSPLANTE
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Espanha