Fatal skin and pulmonary infection caused by Hormographiella aspergillata in a leukaemic patient: Case report and literature overview

摘要

Invasive systemic fungal infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. We report the case of a fatal infection with Hormographiella aspergillata in a patient undergoing allogenic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for acute myeloid leukaemia.