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
Affiliations
- Delfim Duarte
- Intensive Care Unit Portuguese Institute of Oncology‐Porto Porto Portugal
- Cátia Iracema Morais
- Department of Microbiology Portuguese Institute of Oncology‐Porto Porto Portugal
- Rosa Azevedo
- Department of Anatomical Pathology Portuguese Institute of Oncology‐Porto Porto Portugal
- Fernando Coelho
- Intensive Care Unit Portuguese Institute of Oncology‐Porto Porto Portugal
- Anabela Martins
- Intensive Care Unit Portuguese Institute of Oncology‐Porto Porto Portugal
- Brigitte Pereira
- Intensive Care Unit Portuguese Institute of Oncology‐Porto Porto Portugal
- Sara Coelho
- Department of Onco‐Hematology Portuguese Institute of Oncology‐Porto Porto Portugal
- Nelson Domingues
- Department of Onco‐Hematology Portuguese Institute of Oncology‐Porto Porto Portugal
- Ana Lebre
- Department of Internal Medicine Portuguese Institute of Oncology‐Porto Porto Portugal
- Filipe Trigo
- Department of Microbiology Portuguese Institute of Oncology‐Porto Porto Portugal
- Iracema Romero
- Department of Microbiology Portuguese Institute of Oncology‐Porto Porto Portugal
- Maria Augusta Guimarães
- Department of Microbiology Portuguese Institute of Oncology‐Porto Porto Portugal
- José Mário Mariz
- Department of Onco‐Hematology Portuguese Institute of Oncology‐Porto Porto Portugal
- Filomena Faria
- Intensive Care Unit Portuguese Institute of Oncology‐Porto Porto Portugal
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3993
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 4
pp. 2489 – 2491
Abstract
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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