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Opportunistic mycotic infection caused by chaetomium in a patient with acute leukemia
Author(s) -
Hoppin Edward C.,
McCoy Edna L.,
Rinaldi Michael G.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19830801)52:3<555::aid-cncr2820520328>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - medicine , leukemia , acute leukemia , acute lymphocytic leukemia , chaetomium , opportunistic infection , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , lymphoblastic leukemia , biology , aspergillus , viral disease , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
Patients with acute leukemia are susceptible to a variety of opportunistic infections. A patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia who developed a Chaetomium‐caused empyema, which may have subsequently contributed to his death is reported.