title: Cunninghamella bertholletiae infection in children: review and report of 2 cases with disseminated infection.
abstract: Mucormycosis is an emerging fungal infection affecting mainly immunosuppressed hosts. Cunninghamella bertholletiae causes the highest mortality among all mucormycetes. Infection by C. bertholletiae has rarely been reported in children. We present 2 children with acute leukemia and disseminated infection by C. bertholletiae, and review the relevant literature.
authors.affiliation: *Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Unit †Pediatric Intensive Care Unit §Hematopoietic Transplant Unit, Niño Jesús Children's Hospital ‡Mycology Reference Laboratory, National Centre of Microbiology Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Carceller
authors.forename: Gonzalo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oñoro
authors.forename: Maria J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Buitrago
authors.forename: Blanca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Herrero
authors.forename: Álvaro
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Lassaletta
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pérez-Martínez
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: González-Vicent
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Madero
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D020093:Cunninghamella; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents