Acremonium infection in a neutropenic patient.
Acremonium species (previously Cephalosporium) are saprophytic moulds of low pathogenicity commonly found in the environment. We report a case of repeated acremonium fungaemia in a neutropenic patient, probably associated with a Hickman line. Fungaemia was accompanied by fever and a papular skin rash, both of which appeared to resolve when the neutrophil count recovered without antifungal chemotherapy, only to return when the patient next became neutropenic.
Brown
N M
NM
Department of Microbiology, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, U.K.
Blundell
E L
EL
Chown
S R
SR
Warnock
D W
DW
Hill
J A
JA
Slade
R R
RR
D000164:Acremonium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005047:Etoposide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D016469:Fungemia / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000150:complications*
D003561:Cytarabine; D005047:Etoposide; D004317:Doxorubicin