Scopulariopsis brevicaulis infection in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia
The Medical Journal of Malaysia
;
: 608-612, 2003.
Article
in Malayalam
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-629889
ABSTRACT
Scopulariopsis brevicaulis is a soil fungus normally associated with onychomycosis. It causes subcutaneous infection in immunocompromised patients and is rarely isolated from blood. A case of systemic Scopulariopsis brevicaulis infection was reported in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia. The patient developed persistent fever that did not respond to wide spectrum antibiotics and amphotericin B. Scopulariopsis brevicaulis was the only pathogen isolated from blood cultures. The fever subsided with itraconazole and there was no recurrence of fungal infection with prolonged maintenance of oral itraconazole.
Full text:
Available
Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Opportunistic Infections
/
Leukemia, Myeloid
/
Acute Disease
/
Immunocompromised Host
/
Itraconazole
/
Mycoses
/
Antifungal Agents
Language:
Malayalam
Journal:
The Medical Journal of Malaysia
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
Similar
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS