Cryptococcus lung infection complicating fludarabine treatment in a chronic lymphocytic leukemia patient

Leuk Res. 2007 Jan;31(1):119-20. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2006.03.008. Epub 2006 Apr 18.

Authors

Leonidas Benetatos, Eleftheria Hatzimichael, Amalia Vassou, Konstantinos L Bourantas

PMID: 16620969
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2006.03.008

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
Cryptococcosis / complications*
Cryptococcosis / diagnostic imaging
Fluconazole / therapeutic use
Humans
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / complications
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / drug therapy*
Lung Diseases, Fungal / complications*
Lung Diseases, Fungal / diagnostic imaging
Male
Opportunistic Infections / diagnostic imaging
Radiography, Thoracic
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
Vidarabine / analogs & derivatives*
Vidarabine / therapeutic use

Substances

Antifungal Agents
Antineoplastic Agents
Fluconazole
Vidarabine
fludarabine