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SUBMITTER: Sigera LSM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9661437 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sigera L S M LSM Ahmed Sarah A SA Al-Hatmi Abdullah M S AMS Welagedara P G R U M PGRUM Jayasekera P I PI de Hoog Sybren S
Medical mycology case reports 20221104
<i>Actinomortierella wolfii</i> (<i>Mortierellales</i>), formerly <i>Mortierella wolfii</i>, is a causative agent of bovine systemic infection and abortion. Human infections caused by this species are extremely rare. Here, we present a case of a patient with B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL) who was diagnosed with a rhinocerebral infection caused by this fungus. Amphotericin treatment of the patient proved unsuccessful. This type of disease is otherwise nearly exclusively limited to me ...[more]