Scedosporium apiospermum soft tissue infection as the initial presentation of acute myeloid leukemia: a case report

J Clin Oncol. 2013 Mar 1;31(7):e98-100. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2012.43.9489. Epub 2013 Jan 14.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Amputation, Surgical
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / adverse effects
  • Azacitidine / administration & dosage
  • Azacitidine / adverse effects
  • Azacitidine / analogs & derivatives
  • Bone Marrow / pathology*
  • Decitabine
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disease Progression
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leg Ulcer / drug therapy
  • Leg Ulcer / etiology*
  • Leg Ulcer / microbiology
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / complications*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / diagnosis*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / drug therapy
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / pathology
  • Mycoses / drug therapy
  • Mycoses / etiology*
  • Mycoses / microbiology
  • Pancytopenia / chemically induced
  • Pancytopenia / etiology*
  • Pyrimidines / therapeutic use
  • Scedosporium / drug effects
  • Scedosporium / isolation & purification*
  • Soft Tissue Infections / drug therapy
  • Soft Tissue Infections / etiology*
  • Soft Tissue Infections / microbiology
  • Triazoles / therapeutic use
  • Voriconazole

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Pyrimidines
  • Triazoles
  • Decitabine
  • Voriconazole
  • Azacitidine