Endofungal <i>Mycetohabitans rhizoxinica</i> Bacteremia Associated with <i>Rhizopus microsporus</i> Respiratory Tract Infection
Shangxin Yang, Victoria Anikst, Paul C. Adamson
Abstract
We report Mycetohabitans rhizoxinica bacteremia in a 65-year-old woman in California, USA, who was undergoing chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for multiple myeloma. Acute brain infarction and pneumonia developed; Rhizopus microsporus mold was isolated from tracheal suction. Whole-genome sequencing confirmed bacteria in blood as genetically identical to endofungal bacteria inside the mold.
Topics & Concepts
BacteremiaPneumoniaMicrobiologyRespiratory tract infectionsMedicineBacteriaRhizopusRespiratory tractMultiple myelomaImmunologyBiologyVirologyRespiratory systemInternal medicineAntibioticsFermentationGeneticsFood scienceAntifungal resistance and susceptibilityInfectious Diseases and MycologyActinomycetales infections and treatment