Lomentospora prolificans fungemia in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients: First report in South America and literature review.

Fernando D PenteadoNadia LitvinovJaques SztajnbokDanilo Y ThomazAntonio M Dos SantosDewton M VasconcelosAdriana L MottaFlávia RossiJuliana F FernandesHeloisa Helena S MarquesGil BenardJoão Nobrega Almeida Junior

Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2018)

Lomentospora prolificans is a filamentous fungus and an emerging pathogen in immunocompromised patients. It is encountered most commonly in Australia, Spain, and USA. We described the first case of Lomentospora prolificans fungemia in South America. The patient was a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipient who developed the infection 37 days after stem cells infusion. In addition, we performed a literature review of invasive lomentosporiosis in HSCT patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
stem cells
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
hematopoietic stem cell
case report
low dose
patient reported outcomes
cell therapy