Invasive Fungal Infections at Presentation of Untreated Hematologic Malignancies: Rare and Elusive

Invasive fungal infections (IFIs) are a feared complication of hematologic malignancy (HM) treatment. Infrequently, the diagnosis of a new IFI contemporaneously with a new untreated HM has been sporadically described in case reports. We performed a comprehensive search of published literature and re...

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Autores principales: Spallone, Amy, Hicklen, Rachel S, Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7368365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32704512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa247
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Sumario:Invasive fungal infections (IFIs) are a feared complication of hematologic malignancy (HM) treatment. Infrequently, the diagnosis of a new IFI contemporaneously with a new untreated HM has been sporadically described in case reports. We performed a comprehensive search of published literature and reviewed cases describing this synchronous disease phenomenon.

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