Case report: A Saprochaete clavata (Magnusiomyces clavatus) severe infection effectively treated with granulocyte transfusion in a young patient with myeloid sarcoma

Case report: A Saprochaete clavata (Magnusiomyces clavatus) severe infection effectively treated with granulocyte transfusion in a young patient with myeloid sarcoma

Myeloid sarcoma is a hematologic malignancy consisting of extramedullary tissue involvement by myeloid blasts, usually considered as acute myeloid leukemia and treated accordingly. The disease itself, together with chemotherapy and disease-associated factors, may have an impact in increasing the ris...

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Main Authors: Gianmario Pasqualone, Elisa Buzzatti, Raffaele Palmieri, Arianna Savi, Maria Rosaria Pascale, Beatrice Borsellino, Luca Guarnera, Francesco Buccisano, Maria Teresa Voso, Luca Maurillo, Giuseppe Sconocchia, Adriano Venditti, Maria Ilaria Del Principe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
acute myeloid leukemia
invasive fungal infection
granulocyte transfusion
Saprochaeta clavata
Magnusiomyces clavatus
case report
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2022.970188/full

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