Difficult diagnosis of invasive fungal infection predominantly involving the lower gastrointestinal tract in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2016
Yazarlar: Gülhadiye AVCU, Deniz YILMAZ KARAPINAR, Pınar YAZICI ÖZKAYA, MUHTEREM DUYU, Süleyha HİLMİOĞLU POLAT, berna atabay, Başak DOĞANAVŞARGİL YAKUT, Bülent KARAPINAR
Medical Mycology Case Reports, Diğer Kurumların Hakemli Dergileri, Uluslararası, Scopus, 2016, cilt 11, ss 1-4
DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2016.01.005
Özet
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.