Disseminated Saprochaete capitata fungal infection in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia.

Delfim DuarteCátia Iracema MoraisRosa AzevedoFernando CoelhoAnabela MartinsBrigitte PereiraSara CoelhoNelson DominguesAna LebreFilipe TrigoIracema RomeroMaria Augusta GuimarãesJosé Mário MarizFilomena Faria

Published in: Clinical case reports (2021)

The case highlights the importance of actively obtaining informative samples at an early stage and of prompt initiation of combination therapy with antifungal drugs.

Keyphrases

combination therapy
early stage
acute myeloid leukemia
candida albicans
case report
allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
sentinel lymph node
squamous cell carcinoma
cell wall
radiation therapy
acute lymphoblastic leukemia
drug induced
rectal cancer