ReviewPloS one2024
Mucormycosis in children with cancer and hematopoietic cell transplant-A single center cohort study.
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- Mucormycosis in Paediatric Patients After Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Mycoses · 2025Pooled it
- Article
- Breakthrough mucormycosis after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a retrospective multiyear cohort study in Eastern China.Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials · 2026Observational
- Fatal Presumed Rhino-Orbito-Sinus Mucormycosis in a Child With Fanconi Anemia: A Case Report.Cureus · 2026Article
- Feasibility of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Following Recent Invasive Mold Disease in Pediatric Patients.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Review
- Paediatric nasal mucormycosis: Double whammy of a complex anatomical and physiologically difficult airway.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2026Article
- Gastric Mucormycosis in a Critically Ill Patient Who Survived Without Surgery: A Case Report.Cureus · 2025Article
- The first report of pseudoaneurysm secondary to Cunninghamella bertholletiae infection in a Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipient: a case report and literature review.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Review
- Appendiceal Perforation and Abdominal Wall Infection Caused by Invasive Mucormycosis in a Child with Acute Leukemia.Infection and drug resistance · 2025Article
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Abstract
Although mucormycosis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in children with cancer, our understanding of the typical characteristics of these infections is incomplete. We reviewed all cases of mucormycosis diagnosed at a single pediatric cancer center over 5 decades to identify the clinical features of mucormycosis in pediatric oncology patients and to identify risk factors for mortality. There were 44 cases of mucormycosis diagnosed between 1970-2019. Most patients (89%) had hematological malignancies and a history of prolonged and severe neutropenia (91%). In this series, hyperglycemia and exposure to corticosteroids were common. Pulmonary (36%) and disseminated infections (32%) were most common; rhino-orbital-cerebral infections were relatively infrequent (11%). Rhizopus spp. was the most common etiological agent (40%) followed by Mucor spp. (31%), and Cunninghamella spp. (19%). Overall mortality was 44% and 51% and attributable mortality was 39% and 41% at the end of antifungal therapy and end of follow up, respectively. Attributable mortality fell to 18% in 2010-2019, from 58-60% in previous decades; adjunctive surgery was associated with decreased mortality. Mortality remains unacceptably high despite aggressive antifungal therapy and adjunctive surgery, suggesting novel therapeutic strategies are needed.
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