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[Candida myocarditis and polymyositis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia]
M Resl1, L Jebavý, M Otcenásek
1Katedra patologické anatomie LF UK Hradec Králové.
Vnitrni Lekarstvi
|September 1, 1991
Abstract:
Candida sepsis in 18-year-old man with acute lymphoblastic leukemia was associated with multisystem alteration accentuated in cardiac and skeletal muscles. Candida tropicalis identified in the post-mortem blood culture was resistant to azole-chemotherapeutics and semi-sensitive to polyene-antibiotics. Unusual myocardial involvement and a role of Candida spp. during opportune infections in immunosuppressed patients are discussed.