Fatal necrotizing stomatitis due to Trichoderma longibrachiatum in a neutropenic patient with malignant lymphoma: a case report

Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2002 Dec;31(6):688-91. doi: 10.1054/ijom.2001.0211.

Abstract

Primary invasive mold infection of the oral cavity is a rare but serious complication in immunocompromised hosts. We report a case of fatal Trichoderma longibrachiatum stomatitis in a 66-year-old female patient with malignant lymphoma. The infection rapidly disseminated from the oral mucosa to the lungs during neutropenia. Despite intensive antifungal therapy with amphotericin B and itraconazole, there was a fatal progression of the condition. While Trichoderma species have been recognized to be pathogenic in profoundly immunosuppressed hosts, this is the first report of the primary oral focus causing a fatal infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Disease Progression
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Gingivitis, Necrotizing Ulcerative / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Itraconazole / therapeutic use
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / microbiology
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / drug therapy*
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / drug therapy*
  • Mycoses / microbiology*
  • Neutropenia / etiology*
  • Opportunistic Infections / microbiology
  • Stomatitis / microbiology*
  • Trichoderma*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Itraconazole
  • Amphotericin B