Ethmoidal sinusitis caused by Exserohilum rostratum in a patient with malignant lymphoma after non-myeloablative allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.
We describe a patient with aggressive lymphoma who contracted an ethmoidal sinus infection due to Exserohilum rostratum after non-myeloablative allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. E. rostratum is an extremely rare causative pathogen of invasive fungal infection. Phylogenetic tree analysis of the D1/D2 domains within the LSU rDNA identified the molecular structure of isolates. We believe this is the first description of E. rostratum infection in a patient who underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Togitani
K
K
Department of Hematology and Respiratory Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan.
Kobayashi
M
M
Sakai
M
M
Uemura
Y
Y
Taguchi
H
H
Morita
T
T
Sugihara
S
S
Sano
A
A
Nishimura
K
K
D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry; D015521:Ethmoid Sinusitis / Q000209:etiology*; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D036102:Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
D004275:DNA, Ribosomal