title: Acremonium infection in a neutropenic patient.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, U.K.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Blundell
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Chown
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Warnock
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Slade
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D003561:Cytarabine; D005047:Etoposide; D004317:Doxorubicin