First case report of bloodstream infection by Rhizomucor pusillus in a child with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

We describe an unusual presentation of fatal infection due to Rhizomucor pusillus bloodstream infection in a 12-year old pediatric patient recently diagnosed with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. R. pusillus was isolated from one blood culture drawn on Day 11 of hospitalization.

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Autores principales: Dien Bard, Jennifer, Mangahis, Aida, Hofstra, Thomas C., Bender, Jeffrey M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4066188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24967155
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.05.002
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spelling pubmed-40661882014-06-25 First case report of bloodstream infection by Rhizomucor pusillus in a child with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis Dien Bard, Jennifer Mangahis, Aida Hofstra, Thomas C. Bender, Jeffrey M. Med Mycol Case Rep Article We describe an unusual presentation of fatal infection due to Rhizomucor pusillus bloodstream infection in a 12-year old pediatric patient recently diagnosed with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. R. pusillus was isolated from one blood culture drawn on Day 11 of hospitalization. Elsevier 2014-06-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4066188/ /pubmed/24967155 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.05.002 Text en © 2014 International Society for Human and Animal Mycology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
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First case report of bloodstream infection by Rhizomucor pusillus in a child with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
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title_full First case report of bloodstream infection by Rhizomucor pusillus in a child with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
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title_short First case report of bloodstream infection by Rhizomucor pusillus in a child with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
title_sort first case report of bloodstream infection by rhizomucor pusillus in a child with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4066188/
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