Fatal disseminated infection by Scedosporium inflatum after bone marrow transplantation.
A case of disseminated infection caused by Scedosporium inflatum is reported in a patient undergoing autologous bone marrow transplantation for acute myeloblastic leukemia. The fungus was isolated from a blood culture and necropsy studies showed a disseminated infection involving numerous organs. In vitro studies showed the isolate to be resistant to amphotericin B, 5-fluorocytosine, ketoconazole and miconazole.
Salesa
R
R
Microbiological Service, Hospital Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain.
Burgos
A
A
Ondiviela
R
R
Richard
C
C
Quindos
G
G
Ponton
J
J
D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000628:therapy; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology*