Fatal Candida tropicalis fungaemia in a leukaemic patient receiving fluconazole prophylaxis.
Barnes, A J Wardley, Andrew M Oppenheim, B A Morgenstern, Godfrey R Scarffe, J Howard Warnock, D W Johnson, E M
Barnes, A J
Wardley, Andrew M
Oppenheim, B A
Morgenstern, Godfrey R
Scarffe, J Howard
Warnock, D W
Johnson, E M
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Abstract
A 50-year-old man with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukaemia developed breakthrough candidaemia while receiving fluconazole as antifungal prophylaxis during remission-inducing chemotherapy. Candida tropicalis was isolated; the strain was resistant to fluconazole on in vitro sensitivity testing, a phenomenon which has not been previously reported in this setting.
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Date
1996-07
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Keywords
Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
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Article
Citation
Fatal Candida tropicalis fungaemia in a leukaemic patient receiving fluconazole prophylaxis. 1996, 33 (1):43-5 J. Infect.