Disseminated Neocosmospora vasinfecta infection in a patient with acute nonlymphocytic leukemia.
We report Neocosmospora vasinfecta infection following chemotherapy for acute nonlymphocytic leukemia. N. vasinfecta, a plant pathogen, was identified by culture and genetic sequencing. Susceptibility testing revealed in vitro resistance for common antifungals.
Klinik I für Innere Medizin, Universitätsklinik Köln, 50924 Köln, Germany. oliver.cornely@uni-koeln.de
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OA
Cornely
J
J
Chemnitz
H G
HG
Brochhagen
K
K
Lemmer
H
H
Schütt
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Söhngen
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Staib
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C
Wickenhauser
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V
Diehl
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Tintelnot
D000328:Adult; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D006999:Hypocreales / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009181:Mycoses / Q000209:etiology*