Acute disseminated candidiasis due to Candida tropicalis with skin and muscular lesions in a patient with Tcell acute lymphocytic leukemia (T-ALL).
Acute lymphocytic leukemia
Candida tropicalis
Candidiasis
Liposomal amphotericin b
Muscular lesion
Journal
Journal de mycologie medicale
ISSN: 1773-0449
Titre abrégé: J Mycol Med
Pays: France
ID NLM: 9425651
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2022
May 2022
Historique:
received:
27
09
2021
revised:
27
12
2021
accepted:
28
12
2021
pubmed:
9
1
2022
medline:
25
5
2022
entrez:
8
1
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Candida tropicalis is the Candida species that is mostly involved in case of acute disseminated candidiasis. We report here a case with whole body dissemination (pulmonary, cutaneous, muscular, hepatic, spinal and cerebral) highlighted by impressive imagery obtained by positron emission tomography scanner in a patient treated for T cell acute lymphocytic leukemia.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34998198
pii: S1156-5233(21)00134-7
doi: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2021.101243
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
101243Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 SFMM. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of interest The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.