Vol 51, No 3 (2020)
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE
Published online: 2020-09-01

open access

Page views 432
Article views/downloads 395
Get Citation

Connect on Social Media

Connect on Social Media

Clinical spectrum and outcome of invasive mucormycosis in children and adults: Polish experience of the decade 2010–2019

Jan Styczyński1, Krzysztof Czyżewski1, Jowita Frączkiewicz2, Małgorzata Salamonowicz2, Agnieszka Piekarska13, Monika Adamska4, Przemysław Gałązka15, Patrycja Mensah-Glanowska6, Joanna Drozd-Sokołowska3, Anna Waszczuk-Gajda3, Agnieszka Tomaszewska37, Kazimierz Hałaburda7, Marcin Płonowski8, Olga Gryniewicz-Kwiatkowska9, Patrycja Zalas-Więcek10, Liliana Chełmecka-Wiktorczyk11, Ninela Irga-Jaworska12, Tomasz Ociepa13, Renata Tomaszewska14, Lidia Gil4
DOI: 10.2478/ahp-2020-0028
Acta Haematol Pol 2020;51(3):157-163.

Abstract

No epidemiological data exist so far on invasive mucormycosis (IM) in Polish hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) and pediatric hemato-oncology (PHO) centers. The objective of this study was to analyze the incidence, clinical course, therapy, and outcome of IM in pediatric and adult patients undergoing HCT and children with hemato-oncological diseases in Poland. A total number of 12425 at-risk patients were retrospectively analyzed, and the period between 2010 and 2019 was included. Patients were analyzed in three groups: nontransplant children with malignancies, children undergoing HCT, and adults after HCT. Twenty-one patients were diagnosed with IM, including 15 children (10 non-HCT, 5 HCT) and 6 HCT adults. Proven IM was confirmed in 18 patients, probable in 2 patients, and possible in 1 patient. Proven IM was diagnosed in 7.1% of all patients with invasive fungal diseases (IFDs), including 8.1% among PHO patients, 5.4% among pediatric HCT patients, and 7.0% among adult HCT patients. Clinically, pneumonia was diagnosed in 10 (47.6%) patients, involvement of the paranasal sinuses was found in 3 (14.3%) patients, gastrointestinal disease was noted in 2 (9.5%) patients, and disseminated mucormycosis was found in 6 (28.6%) patients. The probability of overall survival in IM patients was 0.50 ± 0.11. Infection-related mortality (IRM) was 10% for pediatric nontransplant IM patients and 82% for transplant IM (pediatric + adult) patients ( = 0.004). Among the transplant patients, all adults died within 120 days. IRM for pediatric HCT patients was 60% ( = 0.038). The only prognostic factor was HCT, which adversely influenced survival in IM patients.

Article available in PDF format

View PDF Download PDF file