Literature DB >> 23602784

Cunninghamella echinulata causing fatally invasive fungal sinusitis.

Robert E LeBlanc1, Zina Meriden, Deanna A Sutton, Elizabeth H Thompson, Dionissios Neofytos, Sean X Zhang.   

Abstract

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.
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Keywords:  Angioinvasion; Cunninghamella; Cunninghamella echinulata; Febrile neutropenia; Filamentous fungi; Invasive fungal infection; Leukemia; Sinusitis; Zygomycetes

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Year:  2013        PMID： 23602784     DOI： 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.03.009

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis        ISSN： 0732-8893            Impact factor:   2.803


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