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Aspergillus epiglottitis
Author(s) -
Bolivar Ricardo,
Gomez Luis G.,
Luna Mario,
Hopfer Roy,
Bodey Gerald P.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19830115)51:2<367::aid-cncr2820510234>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - medicine , aspergillus , aspergillosis , pathology , epiglottitis , aspergillus flavus , acute leukemia , microbiology and biotechnology , leukemia , immunology , biology , surgery
A 21‐year‐old woman with acute lymphocytic leukemia developed clinical and radiographic signs of epiglotitis. Premortem and postmortem histologic studies showed invasive aspergillosis; Aspergillus flavus was grown in culture. The necrotizing nature of this infection is explained by the predilection of Aspergillus sp. for invasion of blood vessels. The usual causative agents of epiglottitis are bacteria; the association with fungal infection has not been previously described.