Disseminated Fusarium oxysporum Infection in Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

Albisetti, M. ; Lauener, R. ; Güngör, T. ; Schär, G. ; Niggli, F. ; Nadal, D.

In: Infection, 2004, vol. 32, no. 6, p. 364-366

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    Abstract : The portal of entry of disseminated Fusarium spp. infections is still not clearly defined. We report on a disseminated Fusarium oxysporum infection occurring during a long period of severe neutropenia in a child with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. A nasogastric feeding tube was the possible source of entry of the fungus