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Oliveira,J.S.R.; Kerbauy,F.R.; Colombo,A.L.; Bahia,D.M.M.; Pinheiro,G.S.; Silva,M.R.R.; Ribeiro,M.S.S.; Raineri,G.; Kerbauy,J.. |
Fungal infection is one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in bone marrow transplant (BMT) recipients. The growing incidence of these infections is related to several factors including prolonged granulocytopenia, use of broad-spectrum antibiotics, conditioning regimens, and use of immunosuppression to avoid graft-versus-host disease (GvHD). In the present series, we report five cases of invasive mold infections documented among 64 BMT recipients undergoing fluconazole antifungal prophylaxis: 1) A strain of Scedosporium prolificans was isolated from a skin lesion that developed on day +72 after BMT in a chronic myeloid leukemic patient. 2) Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (Aspergillus fumigatus) was diagnosed on day +29 in a patient... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Bone marrow transplantation; Fungal infections; Fluconazole prophylaxis. |
Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2002000700005 |
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