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Successful treatment of Scedosporium apiospermum soft tissue abscess with caspofungin and voriconazole in a severely immunocompromised patient with acute myeloid leukemia

Beier, F. ; Kittan, N. ; Holzmann, T. ; Schardt, K. ; Andreesen, R. ; Holler, E. ; Hildebrandt, G.C.



Abstract

P>We report the case of a 53-year-old female patient with refractory acute myeloid leukemia developing a necrotic, soft tissue abscess on the right forearm caused by Scedosporium apiospermum during prolonged severe neutropenia (absolute white blood cell count < 500/mu L for 49 days). In the context of the severely immunocompromised state of the patient and her need for allogeneic hematopoietic ...

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