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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2004, p. 487-489, Vol. 42, No. 1
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.1.487-489.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Disseminated Mucormycosis in a Patient with Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia Misdiagnosed as Infection by Enterococcus faecium

S. Sammassimo,1* S. Mazzotta,1 M. Tozzi,1 S. Gentili,1 M. Lenoci,1 R. Santopietro,2 A. Bucalossi,1 M. Bocchia,1 and F. Lauria1

Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation,1 Pathology Division, Policlinico Le Scotte, University of Siena, Siena, Italy2

Received 16 June 2003/ Returned for modification 11 August 2003/ Accepted 11 October 2003

Mucormycosis is a rare complication in cancer patients. This report presents the case of a acute myeloblastic leukemia patient who developed an ascending paralysis due to disseminated mucormycosis. The presentation was unusual because the early symptoms were fever and pain, and the disease was misdiagnosed because of a concomitant infection by Enterococcus faecium.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, University of Siena, Policlinico Le Scotte, Viale Bracci 53100, Siena, Italy. Phone: 39-0577-586798. Fax: 39-0577-586185. E-mail: sammassimo{at}unisi.it.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2004, p. 487-489, Vol. 42, No. 1
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.1.487-489.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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