Fatal skin and pulmonary infection caused by Hormographiella aspergillata in a leukaemic patient: case report and literature overview

Marija Bojic; Birgit Willinger; Thomas Rath; Selma Tobudic; Florian Thalhammer; Alexandra Böhm; Margit Mitterbauer; Axel Schulenburg; Stefan Wöhrer; Peter Kalhs; Werner Rabitsch

doi:10.1111/myc.12087

Fatal skin and pulmonary infection caused by Hormographiella aspergillata in a leukaemic patient: case report and literature overview

Mycoses. 2013 Nov;56(6):687-9. doi: 10.1111/myc.12087. Epub 2013 May 15.

Authors

Marija Bojic¹, Birgit Willinger, Thomas Rath, Selma Tobudic, Florian Thalhammer, Alexandra Böhm, Margit Mitterbauer, Axel Schulenburg, Stefan Wöhrer, Peter Kalhs, Werner Rabitsch

Affiliation

¹ Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

PMID: 23672484
DOI: 10.1111/myc.12087

Abstract

Invasive systemic fungal infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. We report the case of a fatal infection with Hormographiella aspergillata in a patient undergoing allogenic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for acute myeloid leukaemia.

Keywords: Hormographiella aspergillata; haematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Agaricales / isolation & purification*
Dermatomycoses / complications*
Dermatomycoses / diagnosis*
Dermatomycoses / microbiology
Dermatomycoses / pathology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / adverse effects
Humans
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / complications*
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / therapy
Lung Diseases, Fungal / complications*
Lung Diseases, Fungal / diagnosis*
Lung Diseases, Fungal / microbiology
Lung Diseases, Fungal / pathology
Middle Aged
Transplantation, Homologous / adverse effects