Verticillium infection--a rare cause of hepatosplenic abscesses.
We report a rare case of hepatosplenic abscesses caused by Verticillium spp. in a 40-year-old female leukemic patient. Identification of the microorganism was based on amplification of the D1-D2 region of the large-subunit RNA gene from DNA extracted from paraffin sections of liver tissue, followed by sequencing of the amplified polymerase chain reaction product.
Wu
Chi-Jung
CJ
Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan 704, Taiwan.
Chang
Tsung Chain
TC
Lee
Hsin-Chun
HC
Chen
Tsai-Yun
TY
Lee
Nan-Yao
NY
Chang
Chia-Ming
CM
Chen
Po-Lin
PL
Shih
Mu-Jen
MJ
Peng
Shu-Lin
SL
Ko
Wen-Chien
WC
D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D020172:Verticillium
D000935:Antifungal Agents