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Adjuvant therapy with rhGM-CSF for the treatment of Blastoschizomyces capitatus systemic infection in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia.

L Pagano¹, G Morace, E Ortu-La Barbera, M Sanguinetti, G Leone.

Abstract

We report a patient with acute myeloid leukemia and Blastoschizomyces capitatus sepsis who developed multiple abscesses when neutrophils recovered. The patient did not respond to antifungal therapy and her clinical condition showed an improvement only after rhGM-CSF was added to the treatment.

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Year: 1996 PMID： 8695721 DOI： 10.1007/s002770050196

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Hematol ISSN： 0939-5555 Impact factor: 3.673

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Adjuvant therapy with rhGM-CSF for the treatment of Blastoschizomyces capitatus systemic infection in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia.

Review 1. Invasive infections caused by Trichosporon species and Geotrichum capitatum in patients with hematological malignancies: a retrospective multicenter study from Italy and review of the literature.

2. Genotyping and antifungal susceptibility profile of Dipodascus capitatus isolates causing disseminated infection in seven hematological patients of a tertiary hospital.

3. Case of fatal Blastoschizomyces capitatus infection occurring in a patient receiving empiric micafungin therapy.

4. First case of invasive Magnusiomyces capitatus infection in Slovakia.

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