Disseminated Saprochaete capitata fungal infection in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia

Delfim Duarte; Cátia Iracema Morais; Rosa Azevedo; Fernando Coelho; Anabela Martins; Brigitte Pereira; Sara Coelho; Nelson Domingues; Ana Lebre; Filipe Trigo; Iracema Romero; Maria Augusta Guimarães; José Mário Mariz; Filomena Faria

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3993

Disseminated Saprochaete capitata fungal infection in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Feb 26;9(4):2489-2491. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3993. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Authors

Delfim Duarte^{1

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4}, Cátia Iracema Morais⁵, Rosa Azevedo⁶, Fernando Coelho¹, Anabela Martins¹, Brigitte Pereira¹, Sara Coelho^{2

7}, Nelson Domingues², Ana Lebre⁸, Filipe Trigo⁵, Iracema Romero⁵, Maria Augusta Guimarães⁵, José Mário Mariz², Filomena Faria¹

Affiliations

¹ Intensive Care Unit Portuguese Institute of Oncology-Porto Porto Portugal.
² Department of Onco-Hematology Portuguese Institute of Oncology-Porto Porto Portugal.
³ Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S) Universidade do Porto Porto Portugal.
⁴ Department of Biomedicine Unit of Biochemistry Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FMUP) Porto Portugal.
⁵ Department of Microbiology Portuguese Institute of Oncology-Porto Porto Portugal.
⁶ Department of Anatomical Pathology Portuguese Institute of Oncology-Porto Porto Portugal.
⁷ Department of Medical Oncology Portuguese Institute of Oncology-Porto Porto Portugal.
⁸ Department of Internal Medicine Portuguese Institute of Oncology-Porto Porto Portugal.

Abstract

The case highlights the importance of actively obtaining informative samples at an early stage and of prompt initiation of combination therapy with antifungal drugs.

Keywords: acute myeloid leukemia; fungal infection; leukemia; microbiology; pathology.