Fusarium fungaemia in severely neutropenic patients

Authors
Yildiran, ST Komurcu, S Saracli, MA Gonlum, A Beyan, C Gun, H Yalcin, A
Citation
St. Yildiran et al., Fusarium fungaemia in severely neutropenic patients, MYCOSES, 41(11-12), 1998, pp. 467-469
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
MYCOSES
ISSN journal
09337407 → ACNP
Volume
41
Issue
11-12
Year of publication
1998
Pages
467 - 469
Database
ISI
SICI code
0933-7407(199812)41:11-12<467:FFISNP>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
We report two cases of Fusarium infection with evidence of fungaemia in sev erely neutropenic patients with leukaemia. One patient was a 65-year-old wo man with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia infected by Fusarium verticillioides . The other patient was a 45-year-old woman with acute myeloblastic leukaem ia infected by Fusarium spp. Fungaemia was the only evident manifestation o f these fungal infections.