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


ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Dien Bard J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4066188 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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

Dien Bard Jennifer J   Mangahis Aida A   Hofstra Thomas C TC   Bender Jeffrey M JM  

Medical mycology case reports 20140604


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. ...[more]

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