Bloodstream Infection Caused by Mucor Velutinosus.

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• Alternative Title:
  Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice (Baltimore, Md.), 2016, v. 24, no. 1: Bloodstream Infection Caused by Mucor Velutinosus.
• Journal Article:
  Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice (Baltimore, Md.)
• Personal Author:
  Racsa, Lori D. ; Willis, Brian ; Lockhart, Shawn R. ; Kraft, Colleen S.
• Description:
  A 74-year-old man with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma was admitted to our institution for chemotherapy treatment. He developed a neutropenic fever, and blood cultures were drawn. After 48 hours from the time of draw, 2 of 2 blood culture bottles flagged positive. Thin, septate hyphae were seen on Gram stain of both blood culture bottles. In 1 day, gray fluffy mold began growing on chocolate agar plates from both of the positive bottles. A tease prep revealed a Mucorales sporangiophore. The specimen was sent out for further identification, and sequencing identified the mold as
  
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• Content Notes:
  Author manuscript
• Subjects:
  • Mucor velutinosus
  • Agar
  • Blood Culture
  • Chocolate
  • Hyphae
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse
  • Mucorales
• Keywords:
  • blood
  • mold
  • Mucor
  • Mucorales
• Source:
  Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice (Baltimore, Md.), 2016, v. 24, no. 1
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1097/ipc.0000000000000290
• ISSN:
  1056-9103 ; 1536-9943
• Pubmed ID:
  40093855
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11907341
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Pages in Document:
  e3-e4 (5 pdf pages)
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/262125/cdc_262125_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 634.36 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:99c2d75c22c266eb517682f3976209807d323cf5269c04cff07a24f555b39284a32b2ace3b8159271c1d35b98ae3577ec706b757c61e58f0a5c84c11ae2b73f3