We report the first known case of a breakthrough pulmonary infection caused by Aspergillus nomius in an acute myeloid leukemia patient receiving caspofungin therapy. The isolate was identified using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and sequencing-based methods. The organism was found to be fully susceptible, in vitro, to echinocandin antifungal agents.
Caira, M., Posteraro, B., Sanguinetti, M., De Carolis, E., Leone, G., Pagano, L., First case of breakthrough pneumonia due to Aspergillus nomius in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia, <<Medical mycology : official publication of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology>>, 2012; (Marzo): 1-5. [doi:10.3109/13693786.2012.660507] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/13817]
First case of breakthrough pneumonia due to Aspergillus nomius in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia
Caira, Morena;Posteraro, Brunella;Sanguinetti, Maurizio;De Carolis, Elena;Leone, Giuseppe;Pagano, Livio
2012
Abstract
We report the first known case of a breakthrough pulmonary infection caused by Aspergillus nomius in an acute myeloid leukemia patient receiving caspofungin therapy. The isolate was identified using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and sequencing-based methods. The organism was found to be fully susceptible, in vitro, to echinocandin antifungal agents.
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