Cavitating pneumonia due to Trichosporon beigelii in a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia

A 21-year-old man with acute myeloid leukaemia developed cavitating pneumonia while neutropenic and on broad spectrum antibiotics following induction chemotherapy. Trichosporon beigelii was isolated from several samples of sputum. He was successfully treated with amphotericin B. Previous reports of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of infection 1989-07, Vol.19 (1), p.65,IN3,67-66,IN6,68
Hauptverfasser:	Santhosh-Kumar, C.R., Al-Hedaithy, S.S.A., El-Saghir, N.S., Ajarim, D.S.S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Amphotericin B - therapeutic use Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases Humans Leukemia, Myeloid - complications Leukemia, Myeloid - drug therapy Lung Diseases, Fungal - complications Lung Diseases, Fungal - drug therapy Lung Diseases, Fungal - microbiology Male Medical sciences Mitosporic Fungi - isolation & purification Neutropenia - etiology Other diseases. Hematologic involvement in other diseases Pneumonia - complications Pneumonia - drug therapy Pneumonia - microbiology Sputum - microbiology Trichosporon - isolation & purification Trichosporon beigelii
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Zusammenfassung:	A 21-year-old man with acute myeloid leukaemia developed cavitating pneumonia while neutropenic and on broad spectrum antibiotics following induction chemotherapy. Trichosporon beigelii was isolated from several samples of sputum. He was successfully treated with amphotericin B. Previous reports of lung infection with this organism are reviewed.
ISSN:	0163-4453 1532-2742
DOI:	10.1016/S0163-4453(89)94954-2