Trichosporon fungemia in a pediatric patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Trichosporon fungemia is a life-threatening opportunistic infection that is increasing in frequency. Invasive disease occurs almost exclusively in immunocompromised hosts, particularly in neutropenic adults with hematological malignancies and uncommonly in children. We report the case of a pediatric...

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Autores principales: Maxfield, Luke, Matthews, Juliana J., Ambrosetti, David Ryan, Ephtimios, Issa E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4712209/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26793473
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2015.09.007
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author Maxfield, Luke
Matthews, Juliana J.
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Ephtimios, Issa E.
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description Trichosporon fungemia is a life-threatening opportunistic infection that is increasing in frequency. Invasive disease occurs almost exclusively in immunocompromised hosts, particularly in neutropenic adults with hematological malignancies and uncommonly in children. We report the case of a pediatric patient where disseminated trichosporonosis progressed while on micafungin, between treatments with voriconazole and amphotericin B, demonstrating the difficulty with and importance of prolonged and continuous treatment.
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spelling pubmed-47122092016-01-20 Trichosporon fungemia in a pediatric patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia Maxfield, Luke Matthews, Juliana J. Ambrosetti, David Ryan Ephtimios, Issa E. IDCases Case Report Trichosporon fungemia is a life-threatening opportunistic infection that is increasing in frequency. Invasive disease occurs almost exclusively in immunocompromised hosts, particularly in neutropenic adults with hematological malignancies and uncommonly in children. We report the case of a pediatric patient where disseminated trichosporonosis progressed while on micafungin, between treatments with voriconazole and amphotericin B, demonstrating the difficulty with and importance of prolonged and continuous treatment. Elsevier 2015-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4712209/ /pubmed/26793473 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2015.09.007 Text en © 2015 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Maxfield, Luke
Matthews, Juliana J.
Ambrosetti, David Ryan
Ephtimios, Issa E.
Trichosporon fungemia in a pediatric patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
title Trichosporon fungemia in a pediatric patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
title_full Trichosporon fungemia in a pediatric patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
title_fullStr Trichosporon fungemia in a pediatric patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
title_full_unstemmed Trichosporon fungemia in a pediatric patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
title_short Trichosporon fungemia in a pediatric patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
title_sort trichosporon fungemia in a pediatric patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4712209/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26793473
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2015.09.007
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