Pseudallescheria boydii Infection After Bone Marrow Transplantation

Brief Reports1 August 1983Pseudallescheria boydii Infection After Bone Marrow TransplantationCONRAD H. GUMBART, M.D.CONRAD H. GUMBART, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-99-2-193 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPseudallescheria boydii (Petriellidium boydii) is occasionally reported as a cause of systemic fungal infections in the immunosuppressed patient. Because the systemic disease is indistinguishable from infection with Aspergillus species, important therapeutic distinctions need to be recognized. This is the first reported occurrence of infection by P. boydii in a patient who had a bone marrow transplant.A 39-year-old man with acute lymphoblastic leukemia had complete remission, a relapse, and then had a second complete remission, during a period of 7 months. 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