Fusarium Endophthalmitis, Unusual and Challenging Infection in an Acute Leukemia Patient

Invasive fungal infections bring serious mortality and morbidity during the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia. Especially, mold infections are challenging, and each case is unique in feature. These cases are usually fatal, and there is no consensus regarding optimal treatment. AML patients receive...

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Autores principales: Baysal, Mehmet, Umit, Elif, Boz, İbrahim Bekir, Kırkızlar, Onur, Demir, Muzaffer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5872658/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29725549
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9531484
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author Baysal, Mehmet
Umit, Elif
Boz, İbrahim Bekir
Kırkızlar, Onur
Demir, Muzaffer
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description Invasive fungal infections bring serious mortality and morbidity during the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia. Especially, mold infections are challenging, and each case is unique in feature. These cases are usually fatal, and there is no consensus regarding optimal treatment. AML patients receive antifungal prophylaxis and may further require IFI (invasive fungal infection) treatments, but fusarium mold infections are often unrecognized and could be overlooked. In this case report, we try to emphasize the importance of this infection with a high-risk AML patient.
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spelling pubmed-58726582018-05-03 Fusarium Endophthalmitis, Unusual and Challenging Infection in an Acute Leukemia Patient Baysal, Mehmet Umit, Elif Boz, İbrahim Bekir Kırkızlar, Onur Demir, Muzaffer Case Rep Hematol Case Report Invasive fungal infections bring serious mortality and morbidity during the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia. Especially, mold infections are challenging, and each case is unique in feature. These cases are usually fatal, and there is no consensus regarding optimal treatment. AML patients receive antifungal prophylaxis and may further require IFI (invasive fungal infection) treatments, but fusarium mold infections are often unrecognized and could be overlooked. In this case report, we try to emphasize the importance of this infection with a high-risk AML patient. Hindawi 2018-03-13 /pmc/articles/PMC5872658/ /pubmed/29725549 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9531484 Text en Copyright © 2018 Mehmet Baysal et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Fusarium Endophthalmitis, Unusual and Challenging Infection in an Acute Leukemia Patient
title_sort fusarium endophthalmitis, unusual and challenging infection in an acute leukemia patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5872658/
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