ADJUVANT THERAPY WITH RHGM-CSF FOR THE TREATMENT OF BLASTOSCHIZOMYCES-CAPITATUS SYSTEMIC INFECTION IN A PATIENT WITH ACUTE MYELOID-LEUKEMIA

Authors
PAGANO L MORACE G BARBERA EOL SANGUINETTI M LEONE G
Citation
L. Pagano et al., ADJUVANT THERAPY WITH RHGM-CSF FOR THE TREATMENT OF BLASTOSCHIZOMYCES-CAPITATUS SYSTEMIC INFECTION IN A PATIENT WITH ACUTE MYELOID-LEUKEMIA, Annals of hematology, 73(1), 1996, pp. 33-34
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Hematology
Journal title
Annals of hematology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09395555
Volume
73
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
33 - 34
Database
ISI
SICI code
0939-5555(1996)73:1<33:ATWRFT>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We report a patient with acute myeloid leukemia and Blastoschizomyces capitatus sepsis who developed multiple abscesses when neutrophils rec oved. The patient did not respond to antifungal therapy and her clinic al condition showed an improvement only after rhGM-CSF was added to th e treatment.