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Hepatosplenic infection caused by Candida parapsilosis in patients with acute leukemia
D D'Antonio1, G Fioritoni, A Iacone
1Laboratorio di Microbiologia Clinica-Università degli Studi G. D'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy.
Mycoses
|November 1, 1992
Abstract:
Candida parapsilosis is an exceptional agent in hepatosplenic candidosis. Here we report two cases of hepatosplenic infection caused by Candida parapsilosis in two patients with acute leukaemia. Open liver-spleen biopsy and previously minimal exposure to systemic antifungal drugs led to a cultural diagnosis in both patients. This report confirms the importance of an early diagnosis of these diseases in order to undertake appropriate therapeutic regimens.