Fatal Candida tropicalis fungaemia in a leukaemic patient receiving fluconazole prophylaxis.

Authors
Barnes, A J
Wardley, Andrew M
Oppenheim, B A
Morgenstern, Godfrey R
Scarffe, J Howard
Warnock, D W
Johnson, E M
Affiliation
Public Health Laboratory, Withington Hospital, Manchester, U.K.
Issue Date
1996-07

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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.
Citation
Fatal Candida tropicalis fungaemia in a leukaemic patient receiving fluconazole prophylaxis. 1996, 33 (1):43-5 J. Infect.
Journal
The Journal of Infection
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10541/96044
PubMed ID
8842994
Type
Article
Language
en
ISSN
0163-4453
10.1016/S0163-4453(96)92757-7
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