Disseminated mucormycosis in a patient with acute myeloblastic leukemia misdiagnosed as infection by Enterococcus faecium.
Mucormycosis is a rare complication in cancer patients. This report presents the case of a acute myeloblastic leukemia patient who developed an ascending paralysis due to disseminated mucormycosis. The presentation was unusual because the early symptoms were fever and pain, and the disease was misdiagnosed because of a concomitant infection by Enterococcus faecium.
Sammassimo
S
S
Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, University of Siena, Siena, Italy. sammassimo@unisi.it
Mazzotta
S
S
Tozzi
M
M
Gentili
S
S
Lenoci
M
M
Santopietro
R
R
Bucalossi
A
A
Bocchia
M
M
Lauria
F
F
D000368:Aged; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D016984:Enterococcus faecium; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications*; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology