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Medicina (B.Aires)
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72(6): 481-483, dic. 2012. ilus
Article
in Spanish
| LILACS
| ID: lil-662157
ABSTRACT
Las infecciones fúngicas causadas por Aspergillus sp. y Candida sp. son causa importante de morbilidad y mortalidad en pacientes gravemente inmunodeficientes, especialmente en aquellos con neutropenia o receptores de trasplante de médula ósea o de órganos sólidos. Informamos sobre una hialohifomicosis cutánea en una mujer de 24 años de edad con leucemia linfoblástica.
Invasive fungal infections most frequently caused by Aspergillus sp. and Candida sp. are significant causes of morbidity and mortality in severely immunocompromised patients, especially those who are neutropenic or who have undergone bone marrow or solid-organ transplant. We report a case of cutaneous hyalohyphomycosis in a 24-year-old female with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.