CHAETOMIUM PNEUMONIA IN PATIENT WITH ACUTE MYELOID-LEUKEMIA

Authors
YEGHEN T FENELON L CAMPBELL CK WARNOCK DW HOFFBRAND AV PRENTICE HG KIBBLER CC
Citation
T. Yeghen et al., CHAETOMIUM PNEUMONIA IN PATIENT WITH ACUTE MYELOID-LEUKEMIA, Journal of Clinical Pathology, 49(2), 1996, pp. 184-186
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology
Journal title
Journal of Clinical Pathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219746
Volume
49
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
184 - 186
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9746(1996)49:2<184:CPIPWA>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A patient with relapsed refractory acute myeloid leukaemia developed t ypical fungal lung lesions despite intravenous amphotericin B prophyla xis. Chaetomium globosum was cultured from the resected right lower lo be. Histology showed branching hyphae negative for common Aspergillus species by immunohistochemical staining. Previous reports of invasive disease caused by Chaetomium and some applications of immunohistochemi cal staining for Aspergillus are discussed.