Disseminated Mucormycosis with Positive Aspergillus Galactomannan

We describe a case of disseminated mucormycosis (Apophysomyces elegans) diagnosed on autopsy, in a man who had been working in construction with undiagnosed neutropenia from hairy-cell leukemia, which is rarely associated with invasive mold infections. Galactomannan values in both blood and bronchoa...

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Autores principales: Kitmiridou, Despoina, Aung, Su N., Farmakiotis, Dimitrios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6323503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30675405
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4294013
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description We describe a case of disseminated mucormycosis (Apophysomyces elegans) diagnosed on autopsy, in a man who had been working in construction with undiagnosed neutropenia from hairy-cell leukemia, which is rarely associated with invasive mold infections. Galactomannan values in both blood and bronchoalveolar lavage were strongly positive. There is an unmet need for accurate noninvasive fungal diagnostic tests. Detailed history, including occupational exposures, can be more informative than laboratory workup.
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spelling pubmed-63235032019-01-23 Disseminated Mucormycosis with Positive Aspergillus Galactomannan Kitmiridou, Despoina Aung, Su N. Farmakiotis, Dimitrios Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report We describe a case of disseminated mucormycosis (Apophysomyces elegans) diagnosed on autopsy, in a man who had been working in construction with undiagnosed neutropenia from hairy-cell leukemia, which is rarely associated with invasive mold infections. Galactomannan values in both blood and bronchoalveolar lavage were strongly positive. There is an unmet need for accurate noninvasive fungal diagnostic tests. Detailed history, including occupational exposures, can be more informative than laboratory workup. Hindawi 2018-12-24 /pmc/articles/PMC6323503/ /pubmed/30675405 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4294013 Text en Copyright © 2018 Despoina Kitmiridou et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Disseminated Mucormycosis with Positive Aspergillus Galactomannan
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title_short Disseminated Mucormycosis with Positive Aspergillus Galactomannan
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6323503/
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