Cutaneous mucormycosis due to Absidia corymbifera occurring after bone marrow transplantation

K W Leong; B Crowley; B White; G M Crotty; D S O'Briain; C Keane; S R McCann

doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1700667

Cutaneous mucormycosis due to Absidia corymbifera occurring after bone marrow transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplant. 1997 Mar;19(5):513-5. doi: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1700667.

Authors

K W Leong¹, B Crowley, B White, G M Crotty, D S O'Briain, C Keane, S R McCann

Affiliation

¹ Department of Haematology, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

PMID: 9052922
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1700667

Abstract

Mucormycosis is an uncommon severe life-threatening fungal infection in the immunocompromised host caused by fungi belonging to the order Mucorales, most commonly Rhizopus arrhizus (R. oryzae). We report a patient who developed a severe right atrial catheter exit site infection with Absidia corymbifera. The catheter was removed and necrotic tissue debrided. With liposomal amphotericin B and G-CSF, the infection subsided. He remains well 8 months later.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
Anemia, Aplastic / therapy
Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
Bone Marrow Transplantation*
Catheterization, Central Venous / adverse effects
Child
Dermatomycoses / drug therapy
Dermatomycoses / etiology*
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Male
Mucorales / isolation & purification*
Mucormycosis / drug therapy
Mucormycosis / etiology*
Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
Opportunistic Infections / etiology*
Opportunistic Infections / microbiology

Substances

Antifungal Agents
Amphotericin B