Fusarium Infection after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation with Prolonged Neutropenia
Nuri Karadurmus *
Department of Medical Oncology, Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Ismail Erturk
Department of Internal Medicine, Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Birol Yildiz
Department of Medical Oncology, Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Selmin Ataergin
Department of Medical Oncology, Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Gokhan Erdem
Department of Medical Oncology, Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Ramazan Gumral
Department of Microbiology, Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Gurkan Mert
Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Şukru Ozaydin
Department of Medical Oncology, Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Gokhan Erdem
Department of Medical Oncology, Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Ramazan Gumral
Department of Microbiology, Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Gurkan Mert
Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Şukru Ozaydin
Department of Medical Oncology, Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Mustafa Ozturk
Department of Medical Oncology, Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Fikret Arpaci
Department of Medical Oncology, Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Fusarium is an opportunistic fungal pathogen which is emerging as a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the immunocompromised host [1]. This disease can be localized, focally invasive or disseminated, when two or more noncontiguous sites are involved. We present a case of disseminated fusariosis in a patient with prolonged and profound neutropenia after the third allogeneic stem cell transplantation for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Keywords: Stem cell transplantation, fusarium infection, neutropenia.