Li FZ, Jia M, Chen AJ, Fang S. Increase in the incidence of invasive fungal infections due to Volvariella Volvacea.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2024;
43:1031-1036. [PMID:
38472521 DOI:
10.1007/s10096-024-04800-3]
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Abstract
PURPOSE
We aimed to show the increasing incidence of invasive fungal infections due to Volvariella Volvacea in patients with immunosuppression.
METHODS
We present a case of an invasive fungal infection caused by Volvariella volvacea, and summarize the clinical and pathological features based on this case and a review of the literature.
RESULTS
A total of seven patients with IFIs due to Volvariella Volvacea have been reported in the literature. The majority of cases have been obtained between 2019 and 2022. Including our case, they all had acquired immunosuppression. The lung and brain were the most commonly affected organs. All eight of these patients received antifungal therapy, but five still died one to seven months after occurrences of IFIs.
CONCLUSION
The incidence of invasive fungal infections due to Volvariella Volvacea is increasing in recent years. It mainly occurred in patients with immunosuppression, especially in patients with malignant hematological cancers, and increased mortality.
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