Cutaneous infection caused by Macrophomina phaseolina in a child with acute myeloid leukemia.

ABSTRACT: We report a case of Macrophomina phaseolina skin infection in an immunocompromised child with acute myeloid leukemia, which was treated successfully with posaconazole without recurrence after a hematopoietic stem cell transplant. The fungus was identified by DNA sequencing using both the internal transcribed spacer and D1/D2 region of the 28S ribosomal DNA gene.

SUBMITTER: Srinivasan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2691108 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature