Safai Nodeh SR, Dehghan Manshadi SA, Jahanbin B, Khodaveisi S, Giasvand F, Seifi A, Salehi M. Invasive fungal consecutive infections in a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia.
Niger J Clin Pract 2019;
22:582-584. [PMID:
30975967 DOI:
10.4103/njcp.njcp_359_17]
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Abstract
A woman with AML who became febrile and neutropenic after chemotherapy. At the first, Aspergillus was isolated from a sinus biopsy. After 4 weeks, while she was taking voriconazole, another episode of fever combined with dry coughs was detected. Fungal culture and histopathology of sinus biopsy revealed mucormycosis.
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