Disseminated Neocosmospora vasinfecta infection in a patient with acute nonlymphocytic leukemia

Emerg Infect Dis. 2001 Jan-Feb;7(1):149-52. doi: 10.3201/eid0701.700149.

Abstract

We report Neocosmospora vasinfecta infection following chemotherapy for acute nonlymphocytic leukemia. N. vasinfecta, a plant pathogen, was identified by culture and genetic sequencing. Susceptibility testing revealed in vitro resistance for common antifungals.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Humans
  • Hypocreales / drug effects
  • Hypocreales / isolation & purification*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / complications*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / pathology
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mycoses / etiology*