ORAL FUSARIUM INFECTION IN A GRANULOCYTOPENIC PATIENT WITH ACUTE MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA - A CASE-REPORT

Citation
Y. Myoken et al., ORAL FUSARIUM INFECTION IN A GRANULOCYTOPENIC PATIENT WITH ACUTE MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA - A CASE-REPORT, Journal of oral pathology & medicine, 24(5), 1995, pp. 237-240
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine",Pathology
ISSN journal
09042512
Volume
24
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
237 - 240
Database
ISI
SICI code
0904-2512(1995)24:5<237:OFIIAG>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The fungus Fusarium moniliforme causes fusariosis, which can be invasi ve and fatal in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of oral F usarium infection in a granulocytopenic patient with acute myelogenous leukemia who developed necrotic ulceration of the gingiva, extending to the alveolar bone, but was otherwise free of any active systemic le sions. Fusarium moniliforme was identified, by histopathology and cult ure, to be present in the lesion and was deduced to be the causative o rganism for this invasive oral infection.