title: [Disseminated fusariosis in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia].
abstract: Invasive mould infections are a major cause of infectious mortality in highly immunosuppressed patients. Incidence in this high risk group is 10-20% with a death rate in excess of 50%. Most invasive moulds are Aspergillus spp. We present a case of a 74-year-old woman with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia who developed a rare disseminated mould infection with Fusarium solani during induction chemotherapy. We present the case story and discuss the pathogenesis, clinical characteristics and treatment of invasive fusariosis.
authors.affiliation: Haematologisk Klinik, Rigshospitalet, DK-2100 København Ø. hermansen@dadlnet.dk
authors.forename: Niels Emil Ulrich
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Hermansen
authors.forename: Elisabeth Methner
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Ralfkiaer
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kjeldsen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005670:Fusarium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents