Death by edible mushroom: first report of Volvariella volvacea as an etiologic agent of invasive disease in a patient following double umbilical cord blood transplantation.
We describe a case of invasive fungal infection caused by Volvariella volvacea following double umbilical cord blood transplantation (UCBT). Although infections caused by several mushroom species have been documented, we believe this to be the first published report of invasive infection with Volvariella volvacea, an edible mushroom belonging to Agaricales.
Salit
R B
RB
Medical Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, and Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,5 NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
Shea
Y R
YR
Gea-Banacloche
J
J
Fahle
G A
GA
Abu-Asab
M
M
Sugui
J A
JA
Carpenter
A E
AE
Quezado
M M
MM
Bishop
M R
MR
Kwon-Chung
K J
KJ
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D036101:Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008853:Microscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D012340:RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S / Q000235:genetics; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055367:Volvariella / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D012340:RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S
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