Disseminated fusarium infection

Med J Aust. 1980 Nov 29;2(11):624-5. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1980.tb77068.x.

Abstract

A case of disseminated Fusarium sp. infection in a bone-marrow transplant patient is described. The most likely source of the organism was food, and the importance of a specially prepared diet in immunosuppressed individuals is emphasized.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation
  • Food
  • Fusarium*
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppression Therapy / adverse effects*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / therapy
  • Male
  • Mycoses / diagnosis
  • Mycoses / etiology*
  • Postoperative Complications