Opportunistic infection of the spleen caused by Aureobasidium pullulans

Abstract

The mold Aureobasidium pullulans was isolated on several nutrient media from a splenic abscess in a patient with disseminated lymphoma. Examination of stained smears and paraffin sections revealed fungal structures characteristic of this organism. This is the first reported association of A. pullulans with an opportunistic visceral infection.

Aureobasidium pullulans place among human pathogens opportunistic infections (literature review)

“…Первый случай висцерального микоза, вызванного A. pullulans, был описан в зарубежной литературе в 1986 г. [18]. К настоящему времени сообщается о немногим более 30 подобных случаев у человека [19].…”

Aureobasidium pullulans-Associated Invasive Mycosis in a Child with Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia: A Case Report

“…Первый случай висцерального микоза, вызванного A. pullulans, был представлен в зарубежной литературе в 1986 г. [3]. К настоящему времени описано немногим более 30 случаев феогифомикоза у человека, обусловленного A. pullulans [4].…”

Opinion of the Scientific Panel on food additives, flavourings, processing aids and materials in contact with food (AFC) on a request from the Commission related to Pullulan PI-20 for use as a new food additive

“…Opportunistic infection with Aureobasidium pullulans has been reported in immunocompromised patients by Salkin et al (1986), Kaczmarski et al (1986) and Giradi et al (1993).…”