Disseminated Trichosporon capitatum infection in a patient with acute leukemia

Cancer. 1988 Feb 1;61(3):585-8. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19880201)61:3<585::aid-cncr2820610327>3.0.co;2-#.

Abstract

Disseminated Trichosporon capitatum infection in a 14-year-old boy with acute lymphoblastic leukemia is described. T. capitatum causes opportunistic infection in immunocompromised hosts.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bone Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Bone Neoplasms / secondary
  • Humans
  • Kidney Glomerulus / pathology
  • Leukemia, Lymphoid / complications*
  • Leukemia, Lymphoid / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Mycoses / complications*
  • Opportunistic Infections / pathology
  • Thyroid Gland / pathology
  • Trichosporon

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents