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

J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Nov;48(11):4329-32. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01222-10. Epub 2010 Sep 8.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biopsy
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain / pathology
  • Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • DNA, Fungal / chemistry
  • DNA, Fungal / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Genes, rRNA
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Microscopy
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mycoses / diagnosis*
  • Mycoses / microbiology
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S / genetics
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Volvariella / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • DNA, Fungal
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S

Associated data

  • GENBANK/HM367073