Breakthrough Trichosporon asahii fungemia in neutropenic patient with acute leukemia while receiving caspofungin.

A 47-year-old man with newly diagnosed acute myeloblastic leukemia and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus developed Trichosporon asahii fungemia while receiving caspofungin as empirical antifungal therapy. The diagnosis was based on repeated isolation of T. asahii in culture of blood for three...

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Publicado en:Infection Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 68 - 71
Autores principales: Bayramoglu G, Sonmez M, Tosun I, Aydin K, Aydin F
Formato: case study pictorial Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Feb2008
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