Disseminated Fusarium oxysporum infection in hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Infection. 2004 Dec;32(6):364-6. doi: 10.1007/s15010-004-3135-8.

Abstract

The portal of entry of disseminated Fusarium spp. infections is still not clearly defined. We report on a disseminated Fusarium oxysporum infection occurring during a long period of severe neutropenia in a child with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. A nasogastric feeding tube was the possible source of entry of the fungus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Fusarium / pathogenicity*
  • Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell / complications*
  • Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Intubation, Gastrointestinal / adverse effects
  • Male
  • Mycoses / etiology*
  • Mycoses / pathology
  • Neutropenia / complications