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DISSEMINATED FUSARIOSIS IN A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT PATIENT
Pinho, Débora Braga de et al. | Date Issued: 2012
Author
Pinho, Débora Braga de
Fernandes, Louise Leal
Barreiros, Maria da Gloria Carvalho
Quintella, Leonardo Pereira
Sodré, Celso Tavares
Ramos-e-Silva, Marcia
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Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. University Hospital. Sector of Dermatology. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. School of Medicine. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. University Hospital. Sector of Dermatology. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. School of Medicine. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. University Hospital. Mycology Laboratory. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. School of Medicine. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. University Hospital. Sector of Pathology. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. School of Medicine. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. University Hospital. Sector of Dermatology. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. School of Medicine. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. University Hospital. Sector of Dermatology. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. School of Medicine. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Abstract
The authors present a case report involving an immunocompromised patient with fusariosis, an often fatal fungal infection in this group of patients. This mycosis needs to be recognized and treated in the initial phases, although this does not guarantee improvement.
Keywords
Fusariosis
Bone marrow transplant patient
 
Citation
PINHO, Débora Braga de et al. Disseminated fusariosis in a bone marrow transplant patient. Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology, v. 5, n. 12, p. 40-42, 2012.
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1941-2789
Notes
Leonardo Pereira Quintella. Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Documento produzido em parceria ou por autor vinculado à Fiocruz, mas não consta a informação no documento.