Fatal disseminated Scedosporium prolificans infection initiated by ophthalmic involvement in a patient with acute myeloblastic leukemia

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 375-378

  Reinoso, Roberto ^a,b   Carreño, Ester ^a   Hileeto, Denise ^a   Corell, Alfredo ^a,b,c   Pastor, J Carlos ^a   Cabrero, Mónica ^d   Vázquez, Lourdes ^d   Calonge, Margarita ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endophthalmitis; Eye; Fungal infection; Leukemia; Ocular; Ophthalmic involvement; Orbital cellulitis; Scedosporium prolificans

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; CYTARABINE; FLUDARABINE; IDARUBICIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; TERBINAFINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; APLASIA; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKEMIA CELL; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDALLESCHERIASIS; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SCEDOSPORIUM; SCEDOSPORIUM PROLIFICANS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

DERMATOMYCOSES; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; SCEDOSPORIUM;

EID: 84879169347     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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