Invasive Acremonium strictum infection in a bone marrow transplant recipient.
We describe an invasive Acremonium strictum infection in a 9-year-old debilitated bone marrow transplant recipient. Outcome was successful, despite resistance to the amphotericin B that was initially administered. A. strictum was isolated from bone and urine cultures. We summarize data on 15 opportunistic invasive infections caused by Acremonium in pediatric hosts reported thus far in the English language literature.
Miyakis
Spiros
S
Third Department of Medicine, University of Athens, Sotiria General Hospital, Greece. miyakis@hotmail.com
Velegraki
Aristea
A
Delikou
Sophia
S
Parcharidou
Agapi
A
Papadakis
Vassilios
V
Kitra
Vasssiliki
V
Papadatos
Ioannis
I
Polychronopoulou
Sophia
S
D000164:Acremonium / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013977:Tibia / Q000382:microbiology; D014230:Triazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology; D065819:Voriconazole
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D011743:Pyrimidines; D014230:Triazoles; D065819:Voriconazole