Catheter-associated fungemia caused by Fusarium chlamydosporum in a patient with lymphocytic lymphoma

J Clin Microbiol. 1985 Apr;21(4):501-4. doi: 10.1128/jcm.21.4.501-504.1985.

Abstract

A case of catheter-associated fungemia caused by Fusarium chlamydosporum is described in a patient with lymphocytic lymphoma. The fungus, which has been isolated from soil but not reported to cause human infection, characteristically produces microconidiophores that are polyphialides bearing microconidia that are spindle-shaped but never globose. Results of in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility tests depended on the test conditions used.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Catheterization / adverse effects*
  • Catheterization / instrumentation
  • Female
  • Fusarium / drug effects
  • Fusarium / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / complications*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mycoses / etiology*
  • Sepsis / etiology