Subcutaneous abscesses caused by Ochroconis gallopavum.
A subcutaneous fungus infection that occurred in a patient with an acute myeloblastic leukemia was found to be caused by Ochroconis gallopavum (Dactylaria gallopava). In histological sections dematiaceous, septate hyphae were present. A darkly pigmented fungus was isolated on Sabouraud glucose medium. The mycological features of the causative agent were typical of O. gallopavum. The patient died after 6 months of treatment with antileukemic drugs and 5-fluorocytosine. At autopsy, tissue sections revealed leukemic infiltrates in most of the internal organs but fungal invasion was not detected.
Fukushiro
R
R
Udagawa
S
S
Kawashima
Y
Y
Kawamura
Y
Y
D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification*