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- Title
Inonotosis in Patient with Hematologic Malignancy.
- Authors
Fernández-Cruz, Ana; Mi Kwon; Guinea, Jesús; Escribano, Pilar; del Carmen Martínez Jiménez, María; Pulido, Ana; Parra, Verónica; Serrano, David; Gayoso, Jorge; Díez Martín, José Luis; Bouza, Emilio; Kwon, Mi; Jiménez, María Del Carmen Martínez; Martín, José Luis Díez
- Abstract
We report a lung-invasive fungal disease with possible cutaneous needle tract seeding in a patient with a febrile neutropenia caused by the Basidiomycetes mold Inonotus spp. Although rare, Inonotus spp. should be added to the list of microorganisms causing invasive fungal disease in neutropenic patients with hematologic malignancies.
- Subjects
MYCOSES; FEBRILE neutropenia; BASIDIOMYCETES; HEMATOLOGIC malignancies; PATHOGENIC microorganisms; PATIENTS; ANTIFUNGAL agents; FUNGI classification; FUNGI; NEUTROPENIA; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED patients; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018, Vol 24, Issue 1, p180
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
case study
- DOI
10.3201/eid2401.171265