Surgical site infection caused by Rhizopus caespitosus after metastasectomy for osteosarcoma: First report of infection in humans

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023 Apr;70(4):e30049. doi: 10.1002/pbc.30049. Epub 2022 Nov 1.

Authors

Kazuki Tanimura¹, Miho Nakajima¹, Nami Shirakawa¹, Kayoko Tao¹, Masanaka Sugiyama¹, Yuko Watanabe¹, Ayumu Arakawa¹, Miyu Kikuchi², Masamichi Takahashi², Yoshitaka Narita², Mika Shiotsuka³, Osamu Kobayashi³, Satoshi Iwata³, Akihiko Yoshida⁴, Masahiro Abe⁵, Satoshi Yamagoe⁵, Yoshitsugu Miyazaki⁵, Chitose Ogawa¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Neurosurgery and Neuro-Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Department of Diagnostic Pathology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
⁵ Department of Fungal Infection, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 36317667
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30049

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Bone Neoplasms*
Humans
Lung Neoplasms* / surgery
Metastasectomy*
Osteosarcoma* / surgery
Surgical Wound Infection

Supplementary concepts

Rhizopus caespitosus