title: Three cases of infection with Fusarium species in neutropenic patients.
abstract: Three cases are reported of disseminated infection due to Fusarium species in severely neutropenic patients. The clinical findings in all patients included fever, painful disseminated nodular skin lesions and severe myalgia. The outcome was fatal despite early administration of amphotericin B. The portal of entry of the organism was probably the nasal sinus in two cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nucci
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Spector
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lucena
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Bacha
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pulcheri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lamosa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Derossi
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Caiuby
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Macieira
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005670:Fusarium; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology