Catheter-associated fungemia caused by Fusarium chlamydosporum in a patient with lymphocytic lymphoma.
A case of catheter-associated fungemia caused by Fusarium chlamydosporum is described in a patient with lymphocytic lymphoma. The fungus, which has been isolated from soil but not reported to cause human infection, characteristically produces microconidiophores that are polyphialides bearing microconidia that are spindle-shaped but never globose. Results of in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility tests depended on the test conditions used.
D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D005670:Fusarium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009181:Mycoses / Q000209:etiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology