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Sinusitis aguda invasiva por Exserohilum rostratum en una paciente pediátrica con recaída medular de leucemia linfoblástica aguda
Author(s) -
Ma. Florencia Astolfo,
Patricia Cañazares,
Elena Majek,
Virginia Burgesser,
M Caruso,
José Basco,
C. Alberto Alvarado,
Susana Carnovale
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2018.e594
Subject(s) - medicine , sinusitis , immunology
Invasive fungal infection has increased in frequency over the last decade, with fungal sinusitis becoming more frequent. The fungi of the genus Exserohilum (family Pleosporaceae, order Pleosporales) are filamentous and dematiaceous of ubiquitous location. It is an emerging pathogen, which in most cases produces a systemic infection that mainly affects the paranasal sinuses and lungs. It is more common in immunosuppressed patients, although it may occur in immunocompetent patients. The treatment is based on three pillars: antifungal treatment, surgical debridement and restitution of immunity. We present the case of a patient with medullary relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia with invasive fungal sinusitis by Exserohilum rostratum.

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