Difficult diagnosis of invasive fungal infection predominantly involving the lower gastrointestinal tract in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Invasive fungal infections are most commonly seen in immunocompromised patients and usually affect the respiratory system. Gastrointestinal system involvement of mucormycosis and invasive aspergillosis is rarely reported in childhood. Here we describe a 5 year old boy with acute lymphoblastic leukae...
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| author | Gulhadiye Avcu Deniz Yilmaz Karapinar Pinar Yazici Muhterem Duyu Suleyha Hilmioglu Polat Berna Atabay Basak Doganavsargil Bulent Karapinar |
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| description | Invasive fungal infections are most commonly seen in immunocompromised patients and usually affect the respiratory system. Gastrointestinal system involvement of mucormycosis and invasive aspergillosis is rarely reported in childhood. Here we describe a 5 year old boy with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia who developed invasive fungal infection particularly affecting the lower gastrointestinal system to emphasise the difficulties in diagnosis and management of invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4a2c12d721f14713990e98d6ebd0781f2022-12-21T22:27:11ZengElsevierMedical Mycology Case Reports2211-75392016-03-0111C1410.1016/j.mmcr.2016.01.005Difficult diagnosis of invasive fungal infection predominantly involving the lower gastrointestinal tract in acute lymphoblastic leukaemiaGulhadiye Avcu0Deniz Yilmaz Karapinar1Pinar Yazici2Muhterem Duyu3Suleyha Hilmioglu Polat4Berna Atabay5Basak Doganavsargil6Bulent Karapinar7Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir 35040, TurkeyDepartment of Pediatric Hematology, Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir 35040, TurkeyDepartment of Pediatric Intensive Care, Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir 35040, TurkeyDepartment of Pediatric Intensive Care, Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir 35040, TurkeyDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir 35040, TurkeyDepartment of Pediatrics, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir 35110, TurkeyDepartment of Medical Pathology, Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir 35040, TurkeyDepartment of Pediatric Intensive Care, Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir 35040, TurkeyInvasive fungal infections are most commonly seen in immunocompromised patients and usually affect the respiratory system. Gastrointestinal system involvement of mucormycosis and invasive aspergillosis is rarely reported in childhood. Here we describe a 5 year old boy with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia who developed invasive fungal infection particularly affecting the lower gastrointestinal system to emphasise the difficulties in diagnosis and management of invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised patients.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753916300057Invasive aspergillosisAspergillus flavusGastrointestinal bleedingMucorLeukaemiaChild |
| spellingShingle | Gulhadiye Avcu Deniz Yilmaz Karapinar Pinar Yazici Muhterem Duyu Suleyha Hilmioglu Polat Berna Atabay Basak Doganavsargil Bulent Karapinar Difficult diagnosis of invasive fungal infection predominantly involving the lower gastrointestinal tract in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia Medical Mycology Case Reports Invasive aspergillosis Aspergillus flavus Gastrointestinal bleeding Mucor Leukaemia Child |
| title | Difficult diagnosis of invasive fungal infection predominantly involving the lower gastrointestinal tract in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia |
| title_full | Difficult diagnosis of invasive fungal infection predominantly involving the lower gastrointestinal tract in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia |
| title_fullStr | Difficult diagnosis of invasive fungal infection predominantly involving the lower gastrointestinal tract in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Difficult diagnosis of invasive fungal infection predominantly involving the lower gastrointestinal tract in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia |
| title_short | Difficult diagnosis of invasive fungal infection predominantly involving the lower gastrointestinal tract in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia |
| title_sort | difficult diagnosis of invasive fungal infection predominantly involving the lower gastrointestinal tract in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia |
| topic | Invasive aspergillosis Aspergillus flavus Gastrointestinal bleeding Mucor Leukaemia Child |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753916300057 |
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