Mucormycosis following bone marrow transplantation.
Disseminated mucormycosis, presenting with a cutaneous lesion, developed in a 20-year-old woman following bone marrow transplantation. The infecting organism was identified as Rhizopus rhizopodiformis. Despite early diagnosis and therapy with amphotericin B, the patient died.
D000328:Adult; D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000628:therapy; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012233:Rhizopus