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Fatal disseminated Trichoderma longibrachiatum infection in an adult bone marrow transplant patient: species identification and review of the literature

J Clin Microbiol. 1999 Apr;37(4):1154-60. doi: 10.1128/JCM.37.4.1154-1160.1999.

Abstract

Trichoderma longibrachiatum was recovered from stool surveillance cultures and a perirectal ulcer biopsy specimen from a 29-year-old male who had received an allogeneic bone marrow transplant for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The amphotericin B (2.0 microgram/ml) and itraconazole (1.0 microgram/ml) MICs for the organism were elevated. Therapy with these agents was unsuccessful, and the patient died on day 58 posttransplantation. At autopsy, histologic sections from the lungs, liver, brain, and intestinal wall showed infiltration by branching septate hyphae. Cultures were positive for Trichoderma longibrachiatum. While Trichoderma species have been recognized to be pathogenic in profoundly immunosuppressed hosts with increasing frequency, this is the first report of probable acquisition through the gastrointestinal tract. Salient features regarding the identification of molds in the Trichoderma longibrachiatum species aggregate are presented.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / therapy
  • Male
  • Mycoses / etiology*
  • Mycoses / microbiology*
  • Opportunistic Infections / etiology
  • Opportunistic Infections / microbiology
  • Trichoderma / drug effects
  • Trichoderma / isolation & purification*
  • Trichoderma / pathogenicity*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents