Inonotosis in Patient with Hematologic Malignancy

Abstract

We report a lung-invasive fungal disease with possible cutaneous needle tract seeding in a patient with a febrile neutropenia caused by the Basidiomycetes mold Inonotus spp. Although rare, Inonotus spp. should be added to the list of microorganisms causing invasive fungal disease in neutropenic patients with hematologic malignancies.

Keywords

• Inonotus spp.
• Phellinus spp.
• invasive fungal disease
• hematological
• febrile neutropenia
• fungi