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Actinomycosis after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation despite penicillin prophylaxis |
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| Authors: | F. Barraco H. Labussière‐Wallet F. Valour S. Ducastelle‐Leprêtre F.‐E. Nicolini X. Thomas T. Ferry O. Dumitrescu M. Michallet F. Ader the Lyon HEMINF Study Group |
| Affiliation: | 1. Departement d'Hématologie, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Pierre Bénite, France;2. Departement de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, H?pital de la Croix‐Rousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France;3. Inserm U1111 Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie (CIRI), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France;4. Inserm U1052, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon (CRCL), Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France;5. Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Pierre Bénite, France |
| Abstract: | Actinomycosis is a rare chronic and multifaceted disease caused by Actinomyces species frequently mimicking malignancy or other chronic granulomatous lung diseases. We report 4 original presentations of actinomycosis arising under supposed penicillin prophylaxis in allogeneic stem cell transplantation recipients. |
| Keywords: | allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation actinomycosis Actinomyces penicillin |