• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Invasive fungal infection by saprochaeta capitata in an immunocompromised child- a case report from cancer hospital in Pakistan
  • Beteiligte: Aslam, Seemal; Abbas, Salma Muhammad; Safdar, Nida
  • Erschienen: Pakistan Medical Association, 2023
  • Erschienen in: Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 73 (2023) 12, Seite 2480-2482
  • Sprache: Nicht zu entscheiden
  • DOI: 10.47391/jpma.9506
  • ISSN: 0030-9982
  • Schlagwörter: General Medicine
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  • Beschreibung: Saprochaeta Capitata is an emerging fungus known to cause life-threatening infections in immunocompromised patients. Here, we describe the case of a 4-year-old male child seen in Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan, after obtaining informed consent from the parents. He had Pre-B ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukaemia) and contracted this infection during induction chemotherapy. With the use of dual antifungals, he was able to survive this otherwise fatal fungal infection.Keywords: Saprochaeta capitata, invasive fungal infection, dual antifungal therapy, immunocompromised.
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