Candida krusei arthritis in an adolescent with acute myelogenous leukemia

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Oct;32(10):1142-4. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318294b012.

Abstract

We report a case of Candida krusei arthritis in an adolescent with secondary acute myelogenous leukemia, who underwent an allogeneic bone marrow transplant complicated by C. krusei fungemia 4 months before her presentation. The infection was successfully treated with voriconazole.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Arthritis, Infectious / drug therapy
  • Arthritis, Infectious / microbiology*
  • Candida / isolation & purification*
  • Candidiasis / drug therapy
  • Candidiasis / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / microbiology*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / surgery
  • Pyrimidines / therapeutic use
  • Triazoles / therapeutic use
  • Voriconazole

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Pyrimidines
  • Triazoles
  • Voriconazole