Disseminated aspergillosis after fungemia in a patient with extragonadal germ cell tumor undergoing autologous bone marrow transplantation.
In a 40-year-old man with extragonadal germ cell tumor, Aspergillus fumigatus disseminated hematogenously from a skin infection at a Hickman catheter exit site after autologous bone marrow transplantation. A notable aspect of this case was the absence of neutropenia.
Gucalp
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Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York 10467.
Ciobanu
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Sparano
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Motyl
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Carlisle
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Wiernik
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D000328:Adult; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000209:etiology*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000209:etiology; D016469:Fungemia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000601:surgery*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous