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Erschienen in: International Journal of Hematology 6/2018

09.07.2018 | Case Report

Invasive Scopulariopsis alboflavescens infection in patient with acute myeloid leukemia

verfasst von: Keiji Kurata, Sho Nishimura, Hiroya Ichikawa, Rina Sakai, Yu Mizutani, Kei Takenaka, Seiji Kakiuchi, Yoshiharu Miyata, Akihito Kitao, Kimikazu Yakushijin, Shinichiro Kawamoto, Katsuya Yamamoto, Mitsuhiro Ito, Hiroshi Matsuoka, Issei Tokimatsu, Katsuhiko Kamei, Hironobu Minami

Erschienen in: International Journal of Hematology | Ausgabe 6/2018

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Abstract

Scopulariopsis alboflavescens is a soil saprophyte that is widely distributed in nature. Recently, there have been increasing number of reports of invasive infections with Scopulariopsis species in immunocompromised patients. In this report, we described an adult woman with acute myeloid leukemia and who developed S. alboflavescens pneumonia. Liposomal amphotericin B and voriconazole combination therapy was unsuccessful and the patient died because of pneumonia. Scopulariopsis is highly resistant to available antifungal agents and almost invariably fatal. This case report should alert clinicians to the importance of listing Scopulariopsis as a pathogenic fungus in immunocompromised patients.
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Metadaten
Titel
Invasive Scopulariopsis alboflavescens infection in patient with acute myeloid leukemia
verfasst von
Keiji Kurata
Sho Nishimura
Hiroya Ichikawa
Rina Sakai
Yu Mizutani
Kei Takenaka
Seiji Kakiuchi
Yoshiharu Miyata
Akihito Kitao
Kimikazu Yakushijin
Shinichiro Kawamoto
Katsuya Yamamoto
Mitsuhiro Ito
Hiroshi Matsuoka
Issei Tokimatsu
Katsuhiko Kamei
Hironobu Minami
Publikationsdatum
09.07.2018
Verlag
Springer Japan
Erschienen in
International Journal of Hematology / Ausgabe 6/2018
Print ISSN: 0925-5710
Elektronische ISSN: 1865-3774
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12185-018-2496-1

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