Proven invasive pulmonary mucormycosis successfully treated with amphotericin B and surgery in patient with acute myeloblastic leukemia: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Invasive mucormycosis (zygomycosis) is the third most frequent fungal infection in patients with hematologic malignancies. It often results in a fatal outcome mainly due to the difficulty of early diagnosis and its resistance to antimycotics. CASE PRESENTATION: A 52-year-old Caucasian...

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Autores principales: Vidovic, Ana, Arsic-Arsenijevic, Valentina, Tomin, Dragica, Djunic, Irena, Jakovic, Radoslav, Loncar, Zlatibor, Barac, Aleksandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3879024/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24299522
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-263

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3879024/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24299522
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-263

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