Cunninghamella echinulata causing fatally invasive fungal sinusitis
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- 作者：Robert E. LeBlanc ; Zina Meriden ; Deanna A. Sutton ; Elizabeth H. Thompson ; Dionissios Neofytos ; Sean X. Zhang
- 关键词：Cunninghamella ; Cunninghamella echinulata ; Sinusitis ; Zygomycetes ; Filamentous fungi ; Febrile neutropenia ; Leukemia ; Invasive fungal infection ; Angioinvasion
- 刊名：Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
- 出版年：2013
- 出版时间：August, 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：76
- 期：4
- 页码：506-509
- 全文大小：1918 K
文摘
We report a fatal case of invasive fungal sinusitis caused by Cunninghamella echinulata in a febrile, neutropenic 15-year-old male with relapsing acute leukemia. The isolate was recovered from a nasal biopsy from the right middle meatus, and microscopic examination of the tissue revealed angioinvasion and necrosis. Human infection caused by this organism has not been well documented; however, this report alerts us to its life-threatening potential.