title: Chaetomium pneumonia in patient with acute myeloid leukaemia.
abstract: A patient with relapsed refractory acute myeloid leukaemia developed typical fungal lung lesions despite intravenous amphotericin B prophylaxis. Chaetomium globosum was cultured from the resected right lower lobe. Histology showed branching hyphae negative for common Aspergillus species by immunohistochemical staining. Previous reports of invasive disease caused by Chaetomium and some applications of immunohistochemical staining for Aspergillus are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, London.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yeghen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fenelon
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Warnock
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Hoffbrand
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Prentice
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Kibbler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D002597:Chaetomium; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D015479:Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute / Q000150:complications*; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications*