Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2001)

Disseminated Neocosmospora vasinfecta Infection in a Patient with Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia

  • Oliver A. Cornely,
  • Jens Chemnitz,
  • Hans-Georg Brochhagen,
  • Karin Lemmer,
  • Heidi Schütt,
  • Dietmar Söhngen,
  • Peter Staib,
  • Claudia Wickenhauser,
  • Volker Diehl,
  • Kathrin Tintelnot

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0701.700149
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 149 – 152

Abstract

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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.

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