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Volume 19, Number 10—October 2013
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Increased Incidence of Invasive Fusariosis with Cutaneous Portal of Entry, Brazil

Marcio NucciComments to Author , Andrea G. Varon, Marcia Garnica, Tiyomi Akiti, Gloria Barreiros, Beatriz Moritz Trope, and Simone A. Nouér
Author affiliations: University Hospital, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Characteristics of 21 patients with invasive fusariosis in the hematology united at University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2000–2010*

Characteristic Patients
Sex, M:F 16:5
Median age, y (range)
55 (9–71)
Underlying disease
Acute myeloid leukemia 9 (42.9)
Multiple myeloma 4 (19.0)
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 2 (9.5)
Acute lymphoid leukemia 2 (9.5)
Myelodysplasia 2 (9.5)
Aplastic anemia 1 (4.8)
Chronic myeloid leukemia
1 (4.8)
HCT recipients 12 (57.1)
Allogeneic 8 (38.1)
Autologous
4 (19.0)
Room with HEPA filter 14 (66.7)
Receipt of corticosteroids
16 (76.2)
Graft-versus-host disease, n = 8† 6 (75.0)
Neutropenia 17 (81.0)
Skin as portal of entry 17 (81.0)
Positive blood culture
11 (52.4)
Classification of fusariosis
Proven 20 (95.2)
Probable
1 (4.8)
Primary treatment
None 1 (4.8)
Voriconazole 7 (33.3)
Deoxycholate amphotericin B 10 (47.6)
Deoxycholate amphotericin B + voriconazole 3 (14.3)

*Values are no. (%) patients except as indicated. HCT, hematopoietic cell transplant; HEPA, high-efficiency particulate air.
†Allogeneic HCT recipients.

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