Disseminated Fusarium oxysporum infection in hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
The portal of entry of disseminated Fusarium spp. infections is still not clearly defined. We report on a disseminated Fusarium oxysporum infection occurring during a long period of severe neutropenia in a child with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. A nasogastric feeding tube was the possible source of entry of the fungus.
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Division of Immunology, University Children's Hospital of Zurich, Steinwiesstrasse 75, CH-8032 Zurich, Switzerland.
Lauener
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Güngör
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Niggli
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D005670:Fusarium / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D015616:Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D009181:Mycoses / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000150:complications