Successful Surgical Management of Septic Arthritis due to Trichosporon beigelii in a Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia

A Greek male with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) developed a pyrexial illness while neutropenic and Trichosporon beigelii was isolated from his skin, blood and urine. This infection appeared to resolve with a rising neutrophil count, but recurred in the next episode of neutropenia. T. beigelii was is...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases 1992, Vol.24 (2), p.245-247
Hauptverfasser:	McWhinney, Paul H. M., Madgwick, J. Collin, Hoffbrand, A. Victor, Bhamra, Amrat, Kibbler, Christopher C.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Arthritis, Infectious - drug therapy Arthritis, Infectious - etiology Arthritis, Infectious - surgery Biological and medical sciences Chemotherapy, Adjuvant Drainage Fungemia - microbiology Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases Humans Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute - complications Leukemias. Malignant lymphomas. Malignant reticulosis. Myelofibrosis Male Medical sciences Miconazole - administration & dosage Miconazole - therapeutic use Mycoses - drug therapy Mycoses - etiology Mycoses - surgery Skin - microbiology Therapeutic Irrigation Trichosporon - isolation & purification Trichosporon beigelii Urine - microbiology
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Zusammenfassung:	A Greek male with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) developed a pyrexial illness while neutropenic and Trichosporon beigelii was isolated from his skin, blood and urine. This infection appeared to resolve with a rising neutrophil count, but recurred in the next episode of neutropenia. T. beigelii was isolated from an aspirate from an inflamed knee. Despite a rising neutrophil count resolution only occurred after surgical drainage and local irrigation with miconazole
ISSN:	0036-5548 1651-1980
DOI:	10.3109/00365549209052620