Disseminated Trichosporon capitatum infection in a patient with acute leukemia.
Disseminated Trichosporon capitatum infection in a 14-year-old boy with acute lymphoblastic leukemia is described. T. capitatum causes opportunistic infection in immunocompromised hosts.
Department of Pediatrics, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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Ito
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Ishikawa
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Fujii
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Hattori
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Konno
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Kawakami
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Kosakai
D000293:Adolescent; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D009181:Mycoses / Q000150:complications*; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000473:pathology; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology; D014250:Trichosporon
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents