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Disseminated Microascus cirrosus infection in pediatric bone marrow transplant recipient. 1995

K K Krisher, and N B Holdridge, and M M Mustafa, and M G Rinaldi, and D A McGough
Children's Medical Center of Dallas, TX 75235, USA.

Microascus cirrosus Curzi and its associated anamorphic state, Scopulariopsis, were recovered from the cutaneous lesion of a 12-year-old male who had undergone an autologous bone marrow transplantation for acute myelogenous leukemia. Histopathology sections from the biopsied lesion demonstrated septate hyphae consistent with a fungal etiology. Radiographic studies of the lungs subsequent to progression of the lesion revealed a consolidation in the right upper lobe suggesting a primary focus of infection. While M. cirrosus is fairly abundant in nature and widely distributed in stored grains in North America, this is, to our knowledge, the first reported human infection by this species. Salient characteristics for the identification of this dematiaceous ascomycete, M. cirrosus, will be presented.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008172 Lung Diseases, Fungal Pulmonary diseases caused by fungal infections, usually through hematogenous spread. Fungal Lung Diseases,Pulmonary Fungal Infections,Pulmonary Fungal Diseases,Fungal Disease, Pulmonary,Fungal Diseases, Pulmonary,Fungal Infection, Pulmonary,Fungal Infections, Pulmonary,Fungal Lung Disease,Lung Disease, Fungal,Pulmonary Fungal Disease,Pulmonary Fungal Infection
D008297 Male Males
D009894 Opportunistic Infections An infection caused by an organism which becomes pathogenic under certain conditions, e.g., during immunosuppression. Infection, Opportunistic,Infections, Opportunistic,Opportunistic Infection
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D003881 Dermatomycoses Superficial infections of the skin or its appendages by any of various fungi. Skin Diseases, Fungal,Dermatomycosis,Dermatophyte Infection,Fungal Skin Diseases
D003904 Mitosporic Fungi A large and heterogenous group of fungi whose common characteristic is the absence of a sexual state. Many of the pathogenic fungi in humans belong to this group. Deuteromycetes,Deuteromycota,Fungi imperfecti,Fungi, Mitosporic,Hyphomycetes,Deuteromycete,Deuteromycotas,Fungi imperfectus,Fungus, Mitosporic,Hyphomycete,Mitosporic Fungus,imperfectus, Fungi
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001203 Ascomycota A phylum of fungi which have cross-walls or septa in the mycelium. The perfect state is characterized by the formation of a saclike cell (ascus) containing ascospores. Most pathogenic fungi with a known perfect state belong to this phylum. Ascomycetes,Cochliobolus,Sclerotinia,Ascomycete,Ascomycotas,Sclerotinias
D014182 Transplantation, Autologous Transplantation of an individual's own tissue from one site to another site. Autografting,Autologous Transplantation,Autotransplantation,Autograftings,Autologous Transplantations,Autotransplantations,Transplantations, Autologous
D015470 Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute Clonal expansion of myeloid blasts in bone marrow, blood, and other tissue. Myeloid leukemias develop from changes in cells that normally produce NEUTROPHILS; BASOPHILS; EOSINOPHILS; and MONOCYTES. Leukemia, Myelogenous, Acute,Leukemia, Nonlymphocytic, Acute,Myeloid Leukemia, Acute,Nonlymphocytic Leukemia, Acute,ANLL,Acute Myelogenous Leukemia,Acute Myeloid Leukemia,Acute Myeloid Leukemia with Maturation,Acute Myeloid Leukemia without Maturation,Leukemia, Acute Myelogenous,Leukemia, Acute Myeloid,Leukemia, Myeloblastic, Acute,Leukemia, Myelocytic, Acute,Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute, M1,Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute, M2,Leukemia, Nonlymphoblastic, Acute,Myeloblastic Leukemia, Acute,Myelocytic Leukemia, Acute,Myelogenous Leukemia, Acute,Myeloid Leukemia, Acute, M1,Myeloid Leukemia, Acute, M2,Nonlymphoblastic Leukemia, Acute,Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia,Acute Myeloblastic Leukemias,Acute Myelocytic Leukemia,Acute Myelocytic Leukemias,Acute Myelogenous Leukemias,Acute Myeloid Leukemias,Acute Nonlymphoblastic Leukemia,Acute Nonlymphoblastic Leukemias,Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia,Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemias,Leukemia, Acute Myeloblastic,Leukemia, Acute Myelocytic,Leukemia, Acute Nonlymphoblastic,Leukemia, Acute Nonlymphocytic,Leukemias, Acute Myeloblastic,Leukemias, Acute Myelocytic,Leukemias, Acute Myelogenous,Leukemias, Acute Myeloid,Leukemias, Acute Nonlymphoblastic,Leukemias, Acute Nonlymphocytic,Myeloblastic Leukemias, Acute,Myelocytic Leukemias, Acute,Myelogenous Leukemias, Acute,Myeloid Leukemias, Acute,Nonlymphoblastic Leukemias, Acute,Nonlymphocytic Leukemias, Acute

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