<i>Rhizomucor variabilis</i> var. <i>regularior</i> and <i>Hormographiella aspergillata</i> Infections in a Leukemic Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient with Refractory Neutropenia

Abstract

Rhizomucor variabilis and Hormographiella aspergillata rarely cause human infections. This report details a fatal case of a 14-year-old female with leukemia posthematopoietic cell transplant and relapse with refractory pancytopenia. The patient first developed an R. variabilis var. regularior palate infection and later developed a cutaneous H. aspergillata infection while on posaconazole and caspofungin therapy.