1. Graphium basitruncatum fungemia in a patient with acute leukemia.
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Kumar D, Sigler L, Gibas CF, Mohan S, Schuh A, Medeiros BC, Peckham K, and Humar A
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- Aged, Antifungal Agents therapeutic use, Antineoplastic Agents therapeutic use, Ascomycota genetics, Dermatomycoses complications, Dermatomycoses drug therapy, Dermatomycoses microbiology, Fungemia drug therapy, Genes, Fungal, Humans, Immunocompromised Host, Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute diagnosis, Male, Molecular Sequence Data, Neutropenia complications, Ascomycota isolation & purification, Fungemia complications, Fungemia microbiology, Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute complications
- Abstract
We report the first case of infection caused by Graphium basitruncatum in a man with acute leukemia who developed persistent fungemia and skin lesions. G. basitruncatum, a member of the Microascaceae, is phylogenetically and morphologically distinct from Graphium penicillioides and the opportunistic pathogens Scedosporium apiospermum (Pseudallescheria boydii) and Scedosporium prolificans.
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- 2007
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