Abstract
A 35-year-old man with B lymphoblastic lymphoma was treated with bone marrow transplant and aggressive chemotherapy. He developed a Fusarium infection of the great toenail. Septicemic dissemination of a Fusarium sp. occurred 9 months later during a lymphoma relapse. The clinical course of the hyalohyphomycosis was then rapidly fatal despite institution of amphotericin B therapy.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
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Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
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Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
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Bone Marrow Transplantation
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Fatal Outcome
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Foot Dermatoses / drug therapy
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Foot Dermatoses / pathology
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Fungemia / drug therapy
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Fungemia / microbiology
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Fusarium* / isolation & purification
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Humans
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Immunocompromised Host*
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Lymphoma, B-Cell / drug therapy
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Lymphoma, B-Cell / therapy
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Male
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Mycoses / drug therapy
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Mycoses / pathology*
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Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
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Onychomycosis / drug therapy
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Onychomycosis / pathology*
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Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / drug therapy
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Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / therapy
Substances
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Antifungal Agents
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Antineoplastic Agents
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Amphotericin B