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Case Reports
. 2012 Oct;50(7):746-50.
doi: 10.3109/13693786.2012.660507. Epub 2012 Feb 28.

First case of breakthrough pneumonia due to Aspergillus nomius in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia

Morena Caira  1 , Brunella Posteraro, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Elena de Carolis, Giuseppe Leone, Livio Pagano
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First case of breakthrough pneumonia due to Aspergillus nomius in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia

Morena Caira et al. Med Mycol. 2012 Oct.

Abstract

We report the first known case of a breakthrough pulmonary infection caused by Aspergillus nomius in an acute myeloid leukemia patient receiving caspofungin therapy. The isolate was identified using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and sequencing-based methods. The organism was found to be fully susceptible, in vitro, to echinocandin antifungal agents.

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