Clinical Case Reports (Apr 2021)

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

  • Delfim Duarte,
  • Cátia Iracema Morais,
  • Rosa Azevedo,
  • Fernando Coelho,
  • Anabela Martins,
  • Brigitte Pereira,
  • Sara Coelho,
  • Nelson Domingues,
  • Ana Lebre,
  • Filipe Trigo,
  • Iracema Romero,
  • Maria Augusta Guimarães,
  • José Mário Mariz,
  • Filomena Faria

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3993
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 4
pp. 2489 – 2491

Abstract

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

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