Invasive Fungal Infections at Presentation of Untreated Hematologic Malignancies: Rare and Elusive | Zendy

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Invasive Fungal Infections at Presentation of Untreated Hematologic Malignancies: Rare and Elusive

Author(s) -

Amy Spallone,

Rachel Hicklen,

Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofaa247

Subject(s) - medicine , hematologic malignancy , hematologic neoplasms , hematologic disease , malignancy , complication , disease , rare disease , intensive care medicine , dermatology , cancer

Invasive fungal infections (IFIs) are a feared complication of hematologic malignancy (HM) treatment. Infrequently, the diagnosis of a new IFI contemporaneously with a new untreated HM has been sporadically described in case reports. We performed a comprehensive search of published literature and reviewed cases describing this synchronous disease phenomenon.

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