title: Invasive Acremonium strictum infection in a bone marrow transplant recipient.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Medicine, University of Athens, Sotiria General Hospital, Greece. miyakis@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Spiros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyakis
authors.forename: Aristea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Velegraki
authors.forename: Sophia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Delikou
authors.forename: Agapi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parcharidou
authors.forename: Vassilios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Papadakis
authors.forename: Vasssiliki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kitra
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Papadatos
authors.forename: Sophia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Polychronopoulou
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D011743:Pyrimidines; D014230:Triazoles; D065819:Voriconazole