Overwhelming Myocarditis due to Fusarium oxysporum following Bone Marrow Transplantation
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 27 (6) , 643-644
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00365549509047084
Abstract
Disseminated infection by Fusarium is being increasingly reported in immunocompromised patients. We report the first case of Fusarium oxysporum disseminated infection with well-documented fungal myocarditis. Despite antifungal therapy and hematologic recovery, the patient died in cardiogenic shock, myocardial involvement clearly contributing to the fatal outcome.Keywords
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