Disseminated Ochroconis gallopavum Infection in a Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature on Hematological Malignancies

• FUKUSHIMA Noriyasu

  Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University

• MANNEN Kotaro

  Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University

• OKAMOTO Sumiaki

  Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University

• SHINOGI Taro

  Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University

• NISHIMOTO Katsutaro

  Nagasaki Hospital of Japan Seamen Relief Association

• SUEOKA Eisaburo

  Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University

Abstract

Disseminated fungal infection is an important cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with hematological malignancies. Ochroconis gallopavum is a dematiaceous and thermotolerant fungus that causes opportunistic infections in immunocompromised hosts. About only 30 cases of this organism infection have been reported worldwide. We report a disseminated Ochroconis gallopavum infection in a B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia patient. In spite of intensive anti-fungal treatment, no improvement in the clinical condition was observed and the patient died 4 months after diagnosis of the infection. Ochroconis gallopavum infection is a potentially fatal disease in hematological malignancies.

Journal

• Internal Medicine

  Internal Medicine 44 (8), 879-882, 2005

  The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

Keywords

• <i>Ochroconis gallopavum</i>
• B-CLL

Details

• CRID: 1390001204869428480
• NII Article ID: 130000076355
• NII Book ID: AA10827774
• DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.879
• ISSN: 13497235
• ISSN: 09182918
• NDL BIB ID: 7402362
• PubMed: 16157992
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I7402362
• Web Site: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/internalmedicine/44/8/44_8_879/_pdf
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• Text Lang: en
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