Mixed infection caused by two species of Fusarium in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient

J Clin Microbiol. 2000 Sep;38(9):3460-2. doi: 10.1128/JCM.38.9.3460-3462.2000.

Abstract

We report on a case of mixed infection caused by two species of Fusarium in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient with lymphoma who was neutropenic due to chemotherapy. The patient showed the typical signs of a disseminated fusarial infection, with Fusarium solani isolated from skin lesions and F. verticillioides isolated from blood. The report discusses how difficult it is to make an accurate diagnosis when an immunosuppressed patient is infected with more than one fungal species, especially when the species are morphologically very similar.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis*
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / microbiology
  • Blood / microbiology
  • Dermatomycoses / microbiology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Fungemia / microbiology
  • Fusarium / classification*
  • Fusarium / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycoses / diagnosis*
  • Mycoses / microbiology
  • Skin / microbiology