Artigo Revisado por pares

Fatal Hyalohyphomycosis Following Fusarium Onychomycosis in an Immunocompromised Patient

1996; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 18; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00000372-199604000-00014

ISSN

1533-0311

Autores

Jorge E. Arrese, C Piérard-Franchimont, Gérald Pierard,

Tópico(s)

Ocular Infections and Treatments

Resumo

A 35-year-old man with B lymphoblastic lymphoma was treated with bone marrow transplant and aggressive chemotherapy. He developed a Fusarium infection of the great toenail. Septicemic dissemination of a Fusarium sp. occurred 9 months later during a lymphoma relapse. The clinical course of the hyalohyphomycosis was then rapidly fatal despite institution of amphotericin B therapy.

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