Disseminated aspergillosis after fungemia in a patient with extragonadal germ cell tumor undergoing autologous bone marrow transplantation.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
In a 40-year-old man with extragonadal germ cell tumor, Aspergillus fumigatus disseminated hematogenously from a skin infection at a Hickman catheter exit site after autologous bone marrow transplantation. A notable aspect of this case was the absence of neutropenia.
Medical subject headings
- Aspergillosis
- Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Catheterization, Peripheral
- Fungemia
- Mediastinal Neoplasms
- Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal