Disseminated aspergillosis after fungemia in a patient with extragonadal germ cell tumor undergoing autologous bone marrow transplantation

R Gucalp; N Ciobanu; J Sparano; M Motyl; P Carlisle; P H Wiernik

doi:10.1002/1097-0142(19911015)68:8<1842::aid-cncr2820680834>3.0.co;2-s

Disseminated aspergillosis after fungemia in a patient with extragonadal germ cell tumor undergoing autologous bone marrow transplantation

Cancer. 1991 Oct 15;68(8):1842-4. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19911015)68:8<1842::aid-cncr2820680834>3.0.co;2-s.

Authors

R Gucalp¹, N Ciobanu, J Sparano, M Motyl, P Carlisle, P H Wiernik

Affiliation

¹ Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York 10467.

Abstract

In a 40-year-old man with extragonadal germ cell tumor, Aspergillus fumigatus disseminated hematogenously from a skin infection at a Hickman catheter exit site after autologous bone marrow transplantation. A notable aspect of this case was the absence of neutropenia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aspergillosis / etiology*
Bone Marrow Transplantation*
Catheterization, Peripheral / adverse effects*
Catheters, Indwelling
Dermatomycoses / etiology
Fungemia / etiology*
Humans
Male
Mediastinal Neoplasms / surgery*
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / surgery*
Transplantation, Autologous