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Disseminated trichosporon capitatum infection in a patient with acute leukemia
Author(s) -
Ito Tadaatsu,
Ishikawa Yorikazu,
Fujii Ryochi,
Hattori Takuya,
Konno Masatoshi,
Kawakami Sayoko,
Kosakai Mamoru
Publication year - 1988
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(19880201)61:3<585::aid-cncr2820610327>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphoblastic leukemia , leukemia , acute leukemia , opportunistic infection , trichosporon , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral disease , genetics , biology , yeast
Disseminated Trichosporon capitatum infection in a 14‐year‐old boy with acute lymphoblastic leukemia is described. T. capitatum causes opportunistic infection in immunocompromised hosts.