First case report of bloodstream infection by Rhizomucor pusillus in a child with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.

ABSTRACT: We describe an unusual presentation of fatal infection due to Rhizomucor pusillus bloodstream infection in a 12-year old pediatric patient recently diagnosed with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. R. pusillus was isolated from one blood culture drawn on Day 11 of hospitalization.

SUBMITTER: Dien Bard J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4066188 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature