First case report of bloodstream infection by Rhizomucor pusillus in a child with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Jennifer Dien Bard; Aida Mangahis; Thomas C. Hofstra; Jeffrey M. Bender

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.05.002

Medical Mycology Case Reports (Jul 2014)

First case report of bloodstream infection by Rhizomucor pusillus in a child with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Jennifer Dien Bard,
Aida Mangahis,
Thomas C. Hofstra,
Jeffrey M. Bender

Affiliations

Jennifer Dien Bard: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children׳s Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Aida Mangahis: Children׳s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Thomas C. Hofstra: Division of Hematology Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Children׳s Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Jeffrey M. Bender: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Children׳s Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.05.002
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. C
pp. 20 – 23

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We describe an unusual presentation of fatal infection due to Rhizomucor pusillus bloodstream infection in a 12-year old pediatric patient recently diagnosed with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. R. pusillus was isolated from one blood culture drawn on Day 11 of hospitalization.

Published in Medical Mycology Case Reports

ISSN: 2211-7539 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General); Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/medical-mycology-case-reports/

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