title: Cryptococcal osteomyelitis in an adolescent survivor of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
abstract: Cryptococcosis is infrequent in children, and isolated cryptococcal osteomyelitis is rarely encountered. Here, we describe a 14-year-old patient in remission from T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with osteomyelitis because of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii. The patient was effectively treated with antifungal therapy.
authors: From the *Saul Krugman Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, New York University Medical School, New York, NY; †Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; ‡Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, New York University Medical School, New York, NY; §Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), ¶Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, and ‖Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; **Department of Pathology, New York University Medical School, New York, NY; and ††Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT.
authors: Djin-Ye
authors: DY
authors: Oh
authors: P Pallavi
authors: PP
authors: Madhusoodhan
authors: Deborah J
authors: DJ
authors: Springer
authors: Kenneth
authors: K
authors: Inglima
authors: Ali A
authors: AA
authors: Chaudhri
authors: Joseph
authors: J
authors: Heitman
authors: Elizabeth A
authors: EA
authors: Raetz
authors: Alka
authors: A
authors: Khaitan
authors: Mona
authors: M
authors: Rigaud
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D054218:Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications*; D017741:Survivors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents