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A Case of Invasive Gastrointestinal Mycotypha Infection in a Patient with Neutropenia Hindawi Case Reports in Infectious Diseases Volume 2018, Article ID 5864175, 4 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/5864175 Case Report A Case of Invasive Gastrointestinal Mycotypha Infection in a Patient with Neutropenia Polina Trachuk ,1 Wendy A. Szymczak ,2 Peter Muscarella,3 and Uzma N. Sarwar 1 1Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA 2Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA 3Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Uzma N. Sarwar; usarwar@montefiore.org Received 6 May 2018; Accepted 7 August 2018; Published 2 September 2018 Academic Editor: Tomoyuki Shibata Copyright © 2018 Polina Trachuk et al. -is is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Gastrointestinal mucormycosis is a rare life-threatening infection to which neutropenic patients are especially vulnerable. Mycotypha microspora is a mucormycete that has not been described as a human pathogen. We discuss the successful eradication of gastrointestinal Mycotypha microspora in a neutropenic patient with simultaneous pulmonary Aspergillus fumigatus infection. 1. Introduction On presentation to the emergency department, he was febrile, hypotensive, tachycardic, and tachypneic. His initial Mycotypha microspora is a filamentous fungus first described white blood cell count was 0.1 with an absolute neutrophil as a genus in 1932 when it was noted to be a pathogenic count of zero. His creatinine was 5.32 mg/dL, elevated from organism of an orange [1]. A member of the order Mucorales, a baseline of 2.0 mg/dL a week prior. A computed tomog- it has subsequently been reported as being isolated from raphy (CT) of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis showed patchy decaying wood, a washroom of a hospital, and from clinical bilateral airspace consolidations compatible with pneumo- wound and stool samples where colonization was suspected nia. He was intubated, started on broad spectrum antibiotics, [2, 3]. To our knowledge, it has never been described as and admitted to the medical intensive care unit on multiple a pathogen implicated in human infection. Furthermore, dual vasopressors for hemodynamic support. His clinical course infection with Aspergillus and a mucormycete has only been was complicated by a progressive decline in hemoglobin described once, resulting in a fatality [4]. In this report, we associated with gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding that remained discuss the treatment of a patient with a dual Aspergillus refractory to blood transfusions. -ree endoscopies were fumigatus and Mycotypha microspora infection. performed that demonstrated gastric mucosal ischemia, multiple ulcers, and large quantities of blood in the upper GI 2. Case Description tract. No active bleeding was identified. To identify the source of hemorrhage, the patient underwent a CT angio- A 41-year-old white man presented to Montefiore Medical gram of the abdomen and a mesenteric angiogram, which Center on June 15, 2017 with one day of fever and confusion. were also unremarkable. Empiric embolization of the left His past medical history was significant for recently di- gastric artery was performed with no resolution of bleeding. agnosed mediastinal germ cell tumor being treated with On hospital day 24, he developed a catastrophic upper etoposide, ifosfamide, and cisplatin therapy. His last dose gastrointestinal bleed requiring multiple transfusions of of chemotherapy was administered the week prior to packed red blood cells. He underwent an emergent total presentation. gastrectomy for presumed stress gastritis. -e stomach was 2 Case Reports in Infectious Diseases grossly distended and filled with fresh blood. -e patient was stabilized and returned to the operating room on post- operative day number two for reconstruction with a Roux- en-Y esophagojejunostomy, feeding jejunostomy tube placement, and formal abdominal wall closure. Pathology specimen of the gastrectomy identified an angioinvasive mold with irregular nonseptate hyphae vi- sualized, consistent with invasive mucormycosis (Figure 1). Concomitantly, respiratory cultures grew Aspergillus fumi- gatus, and serum (1⟶3)-β-D-glucan was noted to be el- evated to 294 pg/mL. On hospital day 27, he was started on liposomal amphotericin B and voriconazole to treat the dual Figure fungal infections while awaiting identification of the 1: Methenamine silver stain showing mold with irregular mucormycete. Since tissue was not sent for culture, paraffin- nonseptate hyphae. embedded formalin fixed tissue sections were sent to the University of Washington Medical Center for molecular identification. Fungal DNA amplification using a 28S antifungals to the infected sites, prohibiting clearance and (D1/D2 region) primer set followed by sequencing was used allowing for further hematogenous dissemination of the to identify the isolate as Mycotypha microspora (GenBank disease [9]. accession number MH680712) [5]. Immunocompromised patients are most susceptible to -e patient was noted to have significant kidney injury invasive mucormycosis, presenting with distinct clinical on admission with worsening of his renal function on the syndromes including rhino-orbital-cerebral, pulmonary, dual antifungal regimen. After 20 days of amphotericin gastrointestinal, and widely disseminated disease. Gastro- therapy in combination with voriconazole, the decision was intestinal mucormycosis is exceedingly rare and can involve made to switch to isavuconazole in an attempt to avoid either superficial colonization of ulcerative lesions or fungal permanent nephrotoxicity. On hospital day 65, after com- invasion into the mucosa, submucosa, and vessels. Invasive pleting two weeks of isavuconazole, the level of serum disease is often fatal and mostly described in patients re- (1⟶3)-β-D-glucan was 246 pg/mL, and a repeat CT of the ceiving immunosuppressant medications for solid organ chest showed an increase in numerous bilateral pulmonary transplants. Diabetes, corticosteroid use, or prolonged nodules and tree-in-bud infiltrates, both consistent with neutropenia are predisposing risk factors. Clinical mani- progressive aspergillosis. -is was concerning for failure of festations of invasive gastrointestinal mucormycosis include the isavuconazole therapy. -e patient was subsequently appendiceal, cecal, or an iliac mass, and patients with switched to posaconazole combined with micafungin, which neutropenia may present with fever, typhlitis, and hema- was continued for 5 weeks, after which monotherapy tochezia. Presence on histology or isolation of the fungus with posaconazole was continued. On hospital day 85, from tissue demonstrates proof of invasive fungal disease a repeat CT of the chest showed decreasing multilobar [10, 11]. nodular opacities. -is was correlated with a decreased First isolated from the peel of Citrus aurantium, serum (1⟶3)-β-D-glucan level of 63 pg/mL. -e patient Mycotypha microspora is a mucormycete that belongs to the did not have recurrence of GI bleeding and was discharged order Mucorales [3]. It has previously been reported only as on hospital day 98 on oral posaconazole with a plan to a colonizer, and to our knowledge, there are no published continue treatment indefinitely pending resolution of pul- reports of Mycotypha microspora as a cause of angioinvasive monary findings on repeat imaging. mucormycosis in humans. Our case is the first example of biopsy proven angioinvasive disease with this species. 3. Discussion We encountered a number of challenges with this case, the most crucial being the need to treat two simultaneous Mucormycosis is a life-threatening infection caused by fungi invasive fungal infections, gastrointestinal mucormycosis, of the order Mucorales, with the most common genera and invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in this immunocom- causing disease being Rhizopus, Mucor, and Lichtheimia [6]. promised patient. Current guidelines recommend serum -e hallmark of this disease is tissue necrosis resulting from assays for (1⟶3)-β-D-glucan for the diagnosis of invasive aggressive angioinvasion and subsequent thrombus for- aspergillosis in high-risk patients and triazoles for treatment, mation. Pathogenesis is thought to be due to invasion of with voriconazole being the azole of choice [12]. In contrast, endothelial cells by the binding of a fungal ligand belonging there are currently no randomized controlled trials assessing to a family of spore coating (CotH) proteins to the host the efficacy of antifungal regimens for mucormycosis given receptor glucose regulator protein 78 (GRP78). -ese CotH the rarity of the disease. Amphotericin is the most reliably invasins are universally present in Mucorales and blocking active antifungal agent against mucormycosis. -e lipid their function has been shown to reduce the ability of the formulations of amphotericin are better tolerated but still fungus to invade and injure endothelial cells in vitro, as well carry significant adverse effects, including nephrotoxicity. as to reduce disease severity in mice [7, 8]. Once angioin- Our patient had acute kidney injury on admission and vasion has occurred, necrotic tissue restricts access of developed worsening renal failure during his hospitalization,
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